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    Units of energy

    Solved this, was using millimetres throughout but my hand calcs using J (N/m) instead of J (N/mm). Always the units..
  2. borisov

    Units of energy

    Hey, hopefully someone can help me with this. My problem is this, i have calculated the kinetic impact energy of a 272 tonne structure travelling at 0.05m/s to be 341 J. I am then using conservation of energy to define that strain energy = kinetic energy. Using a spring rate (k) of 50000 N/mm...

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