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Re: Stopping Power

To: rpalmer@ames.ucsd.edu, Jay_Laifman@countrywide.com, tigers@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: Re: Stopping Power
From: DrMayf@aol.com
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 15:39:09 EDT
Ain't so! If the force remains constant and the area gets bigger, pressure
drops.

ex:     F = p x a      let F = 10,  a = 2, then p = 10 / 2 = 5
                      now let F = 10,  a = 4, then p = 10 / 4 = 2.5

Smaller piston area equals higher piston pressure for a given force. You use a
large piston when the slave needs to move a lot.

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