Re: Brick wall: find the distribution
From: James Waldby (j-waldby_at_pat7.com)
Date: 06/28/04
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:15:32 -0500
phil wrote:
>
> Imagine a 2-D brick wall of arbitrary extent in which each brick
> rests on the 2 bricks immediately beneath. A weight W
> rests on the center brick of the top course. If each brick transmits
> forces equally to the 2 bricks immediately beneath, how is the weight
> distributed at the bottom of the wall, which is n courses high?
> Ignore the bricks' own weight.
Pascal's Triangle is directly analogous, unless you
consider the turning moments, which I think would
concentrate more force to the center. But "transmits
forces equally to the 2 bricks immediately beneath"
perhaps rules out that consideration.
-jiw
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