What is Inertia

[Farrell]

I suspect an informed mechanical engineer will have the edge on me. I'll do
some research. Thanks.

This is part of Richard's "hashing out"!

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don A. Gilmore" <eromlignod@kc.rr.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: What is Inertia


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2003 11:04 AM
> Subject: Re: What is Inertia
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> > An object's inertia is directly related to its mass and velocity. The
more
> > mass it has and the faster it is traveling, the more inertia it has. A
> > bullet, travelling at some very high velocity, could have a similar
amount
> > of inertia as a very slowly moving locomotive.
> >
> > Basically, a good way to think of inertia is, the harder it is to stop
> > something, the more inertia it has.
>
> No, you are referring to "kinetic energy".  Moving objects have a
potential
> to produce energy if you try to stop them.  That's what you're thinking
of.
>
> KE = 1/2 * mass * velocity squared
>
> That's where you're train and bullet example is shown mathematically.
>
> An object at rest still exhibits inertia, which is the tendency to resist
> being accelerated.
>
> Don A. Gilmore
> Mechanical Engineer
> Kansas City
>
> > Terry Farrell
>
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