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Physics · Oct / Nov 2022 · Paper 22 · Question 2

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The foundations that support a building are long concrete cylinders that are pointed at one end. A pile-driver is a machine that forces the pointed concrete cylinders into the ground. Fig. 2.1 shows a pile-driver. heavy block pile-driver concrete cylinder Fig. 2.1 A heavy block of mass 2.9 × 104 kg is lifted into the air then dropped onto the top of a concrete cylinder. This forces the cylinder into the ground.

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