Physical Universe
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Author: KRAUSKOPF, Konrad B. (konrad Bates), Beiser, Arthur
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Chapter 5, Problem 32E
A 60-kg swami lies on a bed of nails with his body supported by 4000 nails. The area of the point of each nail is 1 mm2. If the threshold pressure for pain is 1 MPa, how unpleasant is the experience for the swami? What if the point area is 0.1 mm2?
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