LifeLemons@lemmy.ml to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoAbout to turn the car to a flying carlemmy.mlimagemessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1528arrow-down116
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minus-squarepassiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 hours agoI know this is obvious but it boggles my mind how each square inch of that tire has almost 100lbs of force pushing on it Just realizing now why hydraulics are so strong, a 6 inch squared piston at 100 psi is 600 pounds of force
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·44 minutes agoI work with industrial hydraulics, the forces involved in big gear are truly insane. Working pressures is around 270bar…on ~1.4m^2 of cylinders. Millions of kg of force.
I know this is obvious but it boggles my mind how each square inch of that tire has almost 100lbs of force pushing on it
Just realizing now why hydraulics are so strong, a 6 inch squared piston at 100 psi is 600 pounds of force
I work with industrial hydraulics, the forces involved in big gear are truly insane.
Working pressures is around 270bar…on ~1.4m^2 of cylinders. Millions of kg of force.