Simple equation predicts force needed to push objects through sand

Monday, August 29, 2016 - 12:11 in Physics & Chemistry

For those of you who take sandcastle building very seriously, listen up: MIT engineers now say you can trust a very simple equation to calculate the force required to push a shovel — and any other “intruder”— through sand. The team also found that the same concept, known as the resistive force theory, can generate […]

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