Answer:
f = 878,080 N
Explanation:
mass of pile driver (m) = 2100 kg
distance of pile driver to steel beam (s) = 5 m
depth of steel driven (d) = 12 cm = 0.12 m
acceleration due to gravity (g0 = 9.8 m/s^{2}
calculate the average force exerted on the pile driver by the beam.
- from work done = force x distance
- work done = change in potential energy of the pile driver
- equating the two equations above we have
force x distance = m x g x (s - d)
f x 0.12 = 2100 x 9.8 x (5- (-0.12))
d = - 0.12 because the steel beam went down at we are taking its
initial position to be an origin point which is 0
f = ( 2100 x 9.8 x (5- (-0.12)) ) ÷ 0.12
f = 878,080 N
