(03-22-2021, 06:50 PM)Thryleon date Wrote:It happily holds itself up there anyway, so whether those floors are collapsing or not is quite irrelevant one would think.[member=105]Thryleon[/member] You can rest a 5kg sledge hammer on your foot no problems, but I dare you to put it there by dropping it from the metre or two!
Even if you deliberately slow it's fall, or halve the distance, it is still going to hit your foot with forces many many times it's resting mass.
It's all about kinetic energy, [member=20]kruddler[/member] studied physics he can give you some advice.
I'm sure you can extend a home from two stories to four stories building it piecemeal, but I don't know anyone that drops an extra two stories on top of a two story house, not even from the tiniest bit above!
The area of physics that covers this in the real world and is used by engieers to solve load problems is called Statics and Dynamics.
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