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13 September, 19:33

A pile driver lifts a 450 kg weight and then lets it fall onto the end of a steel pipe that needs to be driven into the ground. A fall of 1.5 m drives the pipe in 45 cm.

What is the average force exerted on the pipe?

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  1. 13 September, 23:28
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    The gravitational potential energy becomes work driving the pipe

    m g h = f d

    450 * g * 1.5 = f *.45
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