A2_5 Physics of Ice Age

Shangeetha Manivannan, Georgina Page, Adam Hennessy, Laura Suller

Abstract


This paper looks at how much force is required in order for Scrat from Ice Age to form a crack through the ice sheet. This was calculated to be 6.25 × 106 N. As an acorn would not be able to withstand such force, we then went on to calculate the tensile stress in order to determine what material could.


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