To: | Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com> |
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Subject: | RE: GT-6/Spitfire brakes |
From: | Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM> |
Date: | Wed, 20 Jun 2001 15:06:53 -0700 |
William G Rosenbach wrote : > > If you take the same setup and apply the 10 psi to a 0.5 square inch > piston you are now getting 10 lbs per 1/2 square inch which is 20 psi and > you get 20 lbs. of force out of the system. No, that's wrong. If you apply 10 psi to a 0.5 square inch piston, you only get 10 psi per 1/2 square inch which is 10 psi. The force exerted on the piston is the pressure times the area, or 10 times 0.5, which is 5 pounds of force. Randall |
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