Damaskox@kbin.social to ELI5@kbin.social · edit-26 months agoHow much would a person need to weigh so they would start sinking when they stand in grass?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareHow much would a person need to weigh so they would start sinking when they stand in grass?Damaskox@kbin.social to ELI5@kbin.social · edit-26 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareperviouslyinerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agodepends how big their feet are! you’ll estimate the bearing capacity of the soil (e.g. 100kPa), then divide weight by shoe area to get their pressure on the ground.
depends how big their feet are! you’ll estimate the bearing capacity of the soil (e.g. 100kPa), then divide weight by shoe area to get their pressure on the ground.