Mythbusters Tanker Crush Worksheet Season 11

Description

The Mythbusters test to see if it is possible to utilize Boyle’s Law to crush a massive rail tanker car. Topics of interest include vacuums, negative pressure, Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Guy-Lussac’s Law, steam pressure, atmospheric pressure, volume, structural integrity, condensation, molecular kinetic energy, scale models, pressure vessels, engineering, welding, safety applications, ear popping in a plane during takeoff or landing, and the eustachian tube.
The episode is roughly 43 minutes long.

vacuums, negative pressure, Boyle’s Law, Charles’ Law, Guy-Lussac’s Law, steam pressure, atmospheric pressure, volume, structural integrity, condensation, molecular kinetic energy, scale, volume, steam pressure, structural integrity, vacuums