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To: VRWC_minion
I've just always heard, there's dead weight & live weight, and dead weight is much heavier.
1,050 posted on 07/25/2002 7:43:56 PM PDT by the Deejay
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To: the Deejay
I've just always heard, there's dead weight & live weight, and dead weight is much heavier.

Wrong terms.
The question is "force" -- mass x velocity.

A "dead" weight is not moving, but it is under the acceleration of the gravitational constant ~ 9.8 meters/sec squared.

A "live" load has the same acceleration plus or minus some velocity of its own.

A non-moving "dead" 60 lbs has the same force of the non-moving "live" 60 lbs.

1,106 posted on 07/25/2002 9:45:29 PM PDT by dread78645
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