Mike Stay wrote: << On 10/14/06, Daniel Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
Don't know about the physical effects, but 55,000 psi sounds close to the pressure exerted by a stiletto heel (depending on who's wearing it), so not that hard to imagine.
Perhaps an elephant in stilettos would exert that much pressure. I think you're off by at least an order of magnitude.
Well, I figured that if a 100-lb person stood on one stiletto heel that measures 1/10" x 1/10", that would give 10,000 psi, right? For someone a little heavier and a heel a little smaller, that could easily come close to 55,000 psi. --Dan
On 10/14/06, Daniel Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
Well, I figured that if a 100-lb person stood on one stiletto heel that measures 1/10" x 1/10", that would give 10,000 psi, right? For someone a little heavier and a heel a little smaller, that could easily come close to 55,000 psi.
--Dan
So you're saying a 350 lb person standing on an awl; that kind of pressure would be useful in a machine shop. Most stiletto shoes are about 1/16 sq in, or 1/4 in x 1/4 in. : http://images.google.com/images?q=stiletto+shoe -- Mike Stay metaweta@gmail.com http://math.ucr.edu/~mike
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