Hi,
Imagine a beach ball with a volume of 1 liter, inflated to a pressure of 2 bar. At 5 bar it will burst.
How much weight needs to be applied (by a large vise) to make the beach ball burst?
Please see if you have additions or corrections on my work:
Video explaining the following equation and Boyle's Law
Equation:
pressure 1 * volume 1 = pressure 2 * volume 2
Rearrange to calculate volume 2:
(pressure 1 * volume 2) / pressure 2 = volume 2
Insert real numbers:
(2bar*1 liter) / 5 bar = 0.4 liter
The question becomes: how much weight needs to be applied to squish a beach ball from 1 liter and 2 bar to 0.4 liter and 5 bar?
Action = Reaction, so I need to determine the difference in force (in F) exerted by the beach ball in the two states?
I'm sorry, but I don't know how to do that? Could you help me?