Will bone break? Given length of bone and cross area and force applied?

Subject: Will bone break? Given length of bone and cross area and force applied?

Date: Fri Jul 16 17:40:11 1999
Posted by Tahmena Bokhari
Grade level: undergrad School: University of Toronto
City: Toronto State/Province: ON Country: Canada
Area of science: Biophysics
ID: 932164811.Bp

Message:


A comprehensive force of 3.0 X 10^4 N is exerted on the end of a 
bone 20 cm long with cross-sectional area 3.6 cm^2.  Will the 
bone break? If not, by how much does it shorten?

How do I go about anwering this question? I feel there is not 
enough info given about the force applied.  I know the ultimate 
compression strength of bone is 1.7 X 10^6 N/m^2.
Please e-mail me back at tahmena@hotmail.com
Thank You

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