Saturday 19 March 2011

Concrete Barriers

These concrete barriers will stop vehicles, even trucks. Here are the vital statistics: Truck weight = 32 tons. Speed = 50 mph. Kinetic Energy = 5.5 MILLION ft. lbs. Stopped dead in 24 inches!



YouTube link

(thanks Cora)

3 comment(s):

Nebraska said...

truck weight 32 tons ? MAYBE 32000 lbs.

Science Tech said...

Somebody is practicing physics without a license...

1. ft-lbs is a measure of torque, not energy.

2. Nebraska is right. The truck isn't 32 tons. Maaaaybe 32,000lbs. Even that seems high.

Unknown said...

Concrete Barriers are very useful in many ways...this is one of them...thanks for sharing video clip.
Concrete barriers