alxian Posted February 2, 2007 Report Posted February 2, 2007 How fast would a mass, say a baseball, have to be travelling before standing water would react like a solid, vaporizing it on impact (perpendicular, gravity not withstanding)? Quote
Racerty1 Posted March 2, 2007 Report Posted March 2, 2007 Technically speaking, its impossible for the water to take the form of a solid without the temperature change, and the only time it would react like it was a solid truly, is when and if the object hitting it was perfectly flat. when water gets hit, it disperses. a flat item(lets say a board) hits it..it wants to go every direction at once, and since the water is everywhere beneath it. it has to hit itself, and HAS no where to go. that is the only time it would act as a solid. Quote
Fatstep Posted March 2, 2007 Report Posted March 2, 2007 How fast would a mass, say a baseball, have to be travelling before standing water would react like a solid, vaporizing it on impact (perpendicular, gravity not withstanding)? I am not sure about that exactly, but I am sure you can figure it out with some simple math/physics. I have heard from The Science Channel that if someone jumps off of the Brooklyn Bridge it is like they are hitting concrete from 250 feet, so I know it's possible. Quote
GAHD Posted March 2, 2007 Report Posted March 2, 2007 look here :naughty: Fluid mechanics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia If you have questions, ask. Quote
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