On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 3:59:18 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/9/2017 3:33 PM, Leon wrote:
On 2/9/2017 9:21 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 2/9/2017 7:50 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:


Real question:

If the MDF was reduced to a few thousands, would it bend like the wood
veneer would or
would it snap?


Last night I was watching an episode of Street Science (series on
Science Channel). They had slow motion of a wine glass flexing under
high frequency. Things we think of as solid can flex.

I would think it would have some flex, but not as much as wood veneer
and then snap.


So how much was the wine glass flexing?

Looked like about 1/4". Never saw or imagined that could happen. They
used a high speed camera to show it.


Which is akin to why a hot liquid will crack a thick glass faster than
a very thin and delicate glass.

The inner surface of the thick glass begins to expand with the heat but the
outside hasn't heated up yet. Crack!

With a thin glass, the heat is more evenly distributed (and disbursed).