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Bolo Boffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-11-09 03:57 PM
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100. Glad to.
Edited on Wed Feb-11-09 03:57 PM by Bolo Boffin
Take a brick. Place it on top of your head. You will feel some weight, it might be a little uncomfortable, but you will find that you can easily deal with this static force.

Now take the same brick. Have someone take it on top of a two-story roof. Let them drop it on your head. You will find that your ability to deal with this dynamic load is much less than the static force of the brick at rest.

Same brick, but much different forces.

Understand?
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