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Old 07-24-2013, 06:09 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Fat Elvis View Post
OK, now I'm really confused. I've read online that it takes ~25 Newtons to break an egg, however, using the calculator in nstygma's link, you could drop a 55 gram egg ~5m before you'd reach that 25 Newtons threshold. I can drop an egg from a foot and in all likelihood it will break.

Can someone explain what I am missing here?

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OK I see your problem. You are using the default stopping distance of 0.1
m -- that is like 4". For an egg landing on a hard surface, the stopping distance is very short. If you use a stopping distance of 0.001 m, probably still too large, you will get a more realistic impact force, and a broken egg.
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