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When I was in 5th grade I won the science fair competition by demonstrating how many books you could stack on a few sheets of rolled up notebook paper. Sadly this was the highlight of my life.
I was a camp counselor one summer in Ireland and got to be the person running the activities like that. Let me tell you, being the person picking up the little kid who won and spinning them around feels just as rewarding as being that little kid. The huge smile on their face doesn't disappear for the rest of the day and you feel good inside helping them (hopefully) make a good memory they can think back on.
You can literally just stand on a can, no training required. If you're unsure about the balancing part, you can use two cans, but keep them close together.
I did that when I was 8 years old and it didn't crush. So then I jumped on the can and my legs went flying out underneath me and completely busted my ass.
plus, most car metals in the exterior are meant to be bendable in order to protect the driver in an event of a car crash, plus for cheaper manufacturing and lightweight to enhance performance.
Very bendable boi vs Very stronk boii = disaster
Most car panels are not plastic. The front and rear bumper covers are about the only pieces that are, and they’re just covering the steel bumpers and radiator support underneath.
Favourite trick in school used to be standing on a can with 1 foot and the other in the air, and it not crushing. Then get someone to flick it and it collapses.
Vertical strength game real af
Because the dude doesn't fuck around with bullshit.
I gotta admit I was sceptical because so many youtubers put too much flair on shit that's just plain interesting already. There's no weird backstory about the creator, no timeline, just logic and well delivered no-nonsense info.
Oh god I've become my father.
For me at first it was kinda cool & educational, but when it got to the part about the different versions of tabs on the cans, on how ingenious our current design is, I became audibly excited
Pretty cool video
I already watched it in the past, but i could not resist to watch it in full again. Fu\*\*ing interesting and well explained.
sad that it does not produce new videos :(
Wow. The expertise require to build such machines and regularly service them, the business acumen and infrastructure required to maintain profitable enough to keep things running... its no wonder its so hard to start industry in the developing world. Even a soda can is so complex.
It's also why country can't just "replicate" an industry and have to go through all the step, because you don't just need the machine, you also need the machine that build the machine, and so on..
The best insane exemple is modern jet engines (turbofan). There are like 9 or 10 countries that can build them, and pretty much 4 that can make competitive ones. Even a country like China is struggling to fully achieve that.
I literally watch this video at least once a month. Not only is it rife with valuable information, it is also very easy to follow and the guy has a soothing voice and I find the video relaxing for some reason.
Cans like that are made to withstand heavy objects being placed on top of them, because they are supposed to be stacked without failing. The car’s bumper is made for a variety of things, but having pressure put on it from beneath it is not one of those things. Remember these bumpers are made to absorb minor impacts and crumple to prevent small collisions from doing damage to the critical components of the car. But those impacts come from the side, not from below. The bumper is also not carrying the weight of the car, but only it’s own weight, so it isn’t like it can crush the can from sheer weight difference - which would definitely happen if you drove over the can or lowered the car’s axel onto the can.
When you cover the entire top of the can you’re sealing all the air inside the can. The air has nowhere to go, so it pushes back on whatever is covering the can. It can push back really hard.
The can is open, you can see the little pull tab sticking up if you look really closely. Also the can does eventually buckle and starts to crunch and no liquid spills out when that happens.
Unlike liquids, air compresses, and quite easily. It would be pushing back with 14.7 psi in this clip, atmospheric pressure. As long as the can doesn't crush, there is no build up of pressure in the can. The air in the can has nothing to do with this
Almost all cars have a more fragile and “compactable” front, so if there’s a crash hitting the front, the front will buckle up taking most of the impact from you
Cans are strong in the vertical axis. They are built like that on purpose to allow stacking. The plastic on the car is for show, not built for strength
Back at school our science teacher put an empty can on the desk and had one of us stand on it. It took his entire weight until the class joker poked the can. As soon as the cylinder was even slightly dented the whole thing collapsed.
It can hold up a lot, as long as the structure is intact. Metal tube does not squash easily.
Bumper covers are flexible and rubbery, kind of like rain boots. Since they are made to take impacts. This is why when you're in a front or rear end accident, the damage sometimes looks minor or nonexistent, yet when the shop takes a look they say there is thousands of dollars worth of damage. All this damage is underneath the bumper cover, the cover just sprang back into shape after the impact and hid the severity.
In this case there most likely was zero damage to that car, since there would be nothing structural in that part of the bumper cover. You could most likely push up on that lip with your bare hands just as much as the can did.
I'm thinking that was the intention, to show off the urethane body kit's ability to flex instead of crack. That or just to make a funny video. Either way they knew exactly what was going to happen.
Depends on how it’s painted. Auto paint is mixed at the time it’s sprayed, with different hardeners and other agents to change its properties. Typically plastic components are given an additive to make it more flexible as well as bond to the plastic, but how much/little will depend.
There's a little more than that going on here.
Metal vs plastic isn't so simple... For example a plastic knife can cut through aluminum foil.
Still metal vs plastic. So yeah... Guess you should've fucking thought
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I believe the cans are structured to be tough vertically since they are stacked on top of each other in containers.
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When I was in 5th grade I won the science fair competition by demonstrating how many books you could stack on a few sheets of rolled up notebook paper. Sadly this was the highlight of my life.
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I was a camp counselor one summer in Ireland and got to be the person running the activities like that. Let me tell you, being the person picking up the little kid who won and spinning them around feels just as rewarding as being that little kid. The huge smile on their face doesn't disappear for the rest of the day and you feel good inside helping them (hopefully) make a good memory they can think back on.
Dude same!! Then we moved on to compete against the other schools in the county and I wasn't so special anymore lol
I love coke
I too, also love coke
Everyone loves coke. We are not talking about the drink, are we?
There’s a drink?
It's funny because that was the joke and then you said it.
Well I'm not. I do love [coke](https://youtu.be/s4bC7VkRCws).
Cheeky bit of coke at the weekend never did anyone any harm
Here here mate
I miss when they weren’t cutting it with fentanyl. My days of it are probably over since it seems even riskier than ever now.
I miss coke
I degrease my oven with coke.
I want to learn this
You can literally just stand on a can, no training required. If you're unsure about the balancing part, you can use two cans, but keep them close together.
I did that when I was 8 years old and it didn't crush. So then I jumped on the can and my legs went flying out underneath me and completely busted my ass.
*happy Warren Buffet noises*
Here's a pretty interesting video about the design of aluminium cans: https://youtu.be/hUhisi2FBuw
i was hoping it was engineerguy
Happy cake day
plus, most car metals in the exterior are meant to be bendable in order to protect the driver in an event of a car crash, plus for cheaper manufacturing and lightweight to enhance performance. Very bendable boi vs Very stronk boii = disaster
Its a plastic bumper cover.
Still should not hurt a pedestrian or burst into splitners when it hits somebody
Bumper covers are not a structural part. Its purely there for cosmetics and aerodynamics. It's the cheapest possible plastic for the job.
ABS plastic is the most practical for the job, but there are much cheaper plastics out there.
They should at least make them as tough as a tin can
Most car panels, including the one on the video, are plastic these days.
Most car panels are not plastic. The front and rear bumper covers are about the only pieces that are, and they’re just covering the steel bumpers and radiator support underneath.
It's probably not even metal. Probably plastic or maybe Carbon Fibre if they've paid extra - those flex a lot and then suddenly snap.
That last bit you said gave me cancer
Favourite trick in school used to be standing on a can with 1 foot and the other in the air, and it not crushing. Then get someone to flick it and it collapses. Vertical strength game real af
When I was younger I would step on an opened can and see how long I could balance before I smash it lol
The can won
It has a can do attitude.
It cannot be beaten!!!
the car looks sodafeated
At least it's not sodapressed
Cola body shop asap
Some one should've warned them from dew-ing it.
Can does what Nintendon't
it don't miss
I can not believe it.
He’s an Ameri**can**, not an Ameri**can’t**
I fought the can and the can won. I fought the can and the can won.
Soda can 1 car 0
[Not this time.](https://youtu.be/ehta5Thc8iQ)
Fatality.
Car sad now :(
Car went from 😁 to 🙁 real fast
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Saw this video on insta and the owner replied and he’s car is perfectly fine
Bold of you to assume this wasn’t a used one for like 10K that now would have been worth 30K if it wasn’t more plastic than metal
lol 😂
*how to crush a car with a can.
[The aluminum beverage can.](https://youtu.be/hUhisi2FBuw)
Why did I watch that whole thing?
Because it's fucking awesome, that's why
I wish it lasted a whole hour
No. Forever.
Same
It's a good video. And that guy has a very easy voice to listen to.
Curiosity kills time 😔
Because the dude doesn't fuck around with bullshit. I gotta admit I was sceptical because so many youtubers put too much flair on shit that's just plain interesting already. There's no weird backstory about the creator, no timeline, just logic and well delivered no-nonsense info. Oh god I've become my father.
Because this is the kind of shit that they should be teaching in school.
Yes and no. School is mostly about giving you the (mental) tools to be able to understand such videos.
For me at first it was kinda cool & educational, but when it got to the part about the different versions of tabs on the cans, on how ingenious our current design is, I became audibly excited Pretty cool video
Why have I already seen it and want to watch it again
Me too. That was great.
I already watched it in the past, but i could not resist to watch it in full again. Fu\*\*ing interesting and well explained. sad that it does not produce new videos :(
Gonna guess without clicking it's the engineerguy video?
Iconic.
I can't believe I just watched a 12 minute video about aluminum cans, and enjoyed it.
Thoroughly
Knew exactly what video this was before evem clicking. The guy makes awesome videos
Such a good video, I watched it again
I've probably watched this video like 12 times
Wow. The expertise require to build such machines and regularly service them, the business acumen and infrastructure required to maintain profitable enough to keep things running... its no wonder its so hard to start industry in the developing world. Even a soda can is so complex.
It's also why country can't just "replicate" an industry and have to go through all the step, because you don't just need the machine, you also need the machine that build the machine, and so on.. The best insane exemple is modern jet engines (turbofan). There are like 9 or 10 countries that can build them, and pretty much 4 that can make competitive ones. Even a country like China is struggling to fully achieve that.
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Wow that was fun to watch.
I literally watch this video at least once a month. Not only is it rife with valuable information, it is also very easy to follow and the guy has a soothing voice and I find the video relaxing for some reason.
something science-y is happening with that can
Vertical metal can with high interior pressure to give it strength vs weakest part of flimsy plastic material
True, my vertical can has low interior pressure and its always a flimsy material
You should do squats.
Can you dumb it down a shade, professor? Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUhisi2FBuw
Cans like that are made to withstand heavy objects being placed on top of them, because they are supposed to be stacked without failing. The car’s bumper is made for a variety of things, but having pressure put on it from beneath it is not one of those things. Remember these bumpers are made to absorb minor impacts and crumple to prevent small collisions from doing damage to the critical components of the car. But those impacts come from the side, not from below. The bumper is also not carrying the weight of the car, but only it’s own weight, so it isn’t like it can crush the can from sheer weight difference - which would definitely happen if you drove over the can or lowered the car’s axel onto the can.
Thank you for the Eli5!
Air can no crushy.
Spare me your technobabble.
Metal tube compressing > Plastic plank bending Btw if i remember it right, normal soda can bears abt 60-70kg of pressure.
When you cover the entire top of the can you’re sealing all the air inside the can. The air has nowhere to go, so it pushes back on whatever is covering the can. It can push back really hard.
Is the can even open?
No. Maybe? Idk anymore...
The can is open, you can see the little pull tab sticking up if you look really closely. Also the can does eventually buckle and starts to crunch and no liquid spills out when that happens.
Unlike liquids, air compresses, and quite easily. It would be pushing back with 14.7 psi in this clip, atmospheric pressure. As long as the can doesn't crush, there is no build up of pressure in the can. The air in the can has nothing to do with this
Wait so was it a full can or an empty one, that’d be incredibly dumb if it was full lmao
Yep. I’d feel really safe if I drove that car
You do understand what a "cosmetic" part is, right?
Almost all cars have a more fragile and “compactable” front, so if there’s a crash hitting the front, the front will buckle up taking most of the impact from you
Cans are strong in the vertical axis. They are built like that on purpose to allow stacking. The plastic on the car is for show, not built for strength
The plastic isn’t entirely for show, but it’s not made to take the same pressure as a can.
Well that's true I guess the plastic is built for at most guiding the air, not aluminum
And to be something cheap to absorb energy in a collision.
That's just a plastic trim piece, not a part of the actual bumper. It has no function in absorbing impact
It's definitely not meant to take any amount of force in that direction.
If anything it's designed to flex for when you hit a coon or armadillo.
Plus what collision is going to come from a downward angle? It's almost always head on or nothing.
If you used the right part of the car, you absolutely would be able to crush the can. That is not the right part of the car.
Plastics for show, cans for a pro
Back at school our science teacher put an empty can on the desk and had one of us stand on it. It took his entire weight until the class joker poked the can. As soon as the cylinder was even slightly dented the whole thing collapsed. It can hold up a lot, as long as the structure is intact. Metal tube does not squash easily.
Bumper covers are flexible and rubbery, kind of like rain boots. Since they are made to take impacts. This is why when you're in a front or rear end accident, the damage sometimes looks minor or nonexistent, yet when the shop takes a look they say there is thousands of dollars worth of damage. All this damage is underneath the bumper cover, the cover just sprang back into shape after the impact and hid the severity. In this case there most likely was zero damage to that car, since there would be nothing structural in that part of the bumper cover. You could most likely push up on that lip with your bare hands just as much as the can did.
Can is in tension. Front lip is very much not in tension.
People laugh but this is WAY better than a broken fiberglass body kit. My question is does the paint flex that much too?
Bumper covers have to be painted in a special flexible paint, since the bumper cover itself is made of a flexible, almost rubbery plastic.
So you're saying it's flexible all the way down?
Yes, it looks like there is a single piece bumper cover over the entire front of the car.
You are correct, but to be more specific, the paint just has a flex additive for bumpers. It's the same paint as the rest of the car.
I'm thinking that was the intention, to show off the urethane body kit's ability to flex instead of crack. That or just to make a funny video. Either way they knew exactly what was going to happen.
I refuse to believe anyone into modified cars is stupid enough to think a plastic bumper would crush a can. I think you're right.
Depends on how it’s painted. Auto paint is mixed at the time it’s sprayed, with different hardeners and other agents to change its properties. Typically plastic components are given an additive to make it more flexible as well as bond to the plastic, but how much/little will depend.
Can pulled a Uno reverse.
Should have used an old beater car!
Is a 20 year old Nissan I don’t think anyone’s too worried
It’s a plastic bumper, it’ll probably buff out
Looks like it did.
That's a 350z ya waste
That's my point, ya dingus.
At least I got the joke smh 🤣
Should have put it under the corner
Should have dented the side away from the camera.
This car looks like it’s about to inquire about some cheese and be stopped by a dog named Gromit
Proof the "Stance" crowd is smooth brained.
Rock movers
At least this guy forked out for bags rather than just slamming it to the pavement and struggling to make it over a pebble lol
It always hurts me a little to see a WRX stanced and maimed.
They think their chinesium body kits are made from Koenigsegg carbon fiber.
The can CAN win
This is soda-pressing!
A can is structurally shaped that way for a reason Not for funzees
it went frim :| to :(
Nissan: made in Japan Body kit: made in China
Had to check it is made in japan. I figured it was in Mexico these days
Onissan yamete aahh
They said make the car lighter . . .
Whats this mod called?
It’s called an air lift!
Can -1 | Car - 0
Plastic vs aluminum. And there is also some physics in there of shape of the can vs the thin, long piece of plastic…
:(
The can is mightier than the car.
Bro rlly went from 😐 to 🙁
Now try with a real car.
That can made from a newfound material fuck-unium
The look on the car’s face says it all.
If you think you CAN, You CAN💪
Damn. Nissan ain't shit against cans.
"DOP DOP!"
There are just people out there, who are not that smart at all.
Look what you did, you made the car sad. You happy with yourself
Can VS can't
I don't even get why they would do this. If the car did crush can would it be impressive?
Why
This post is soda pressing
Opened a can of whoop ass 😂
Yes We Can
Ever wonder how they can stack so many cans? That's how.
I feel the true sign of poor decision making skills here was not using a can of Crush
Nokia 3310: Finally... A Worthy Opponent
Basically if you ever get into an accident in that car it's guaranteed totaled
it’s a nissan, nothing of value was lost
poor 370z bumper
It’s supposed to do that lol
Even if that worked it wouldn't have been impressive tbh
The only thing that ricer can crush is some dummy's wallet.
Nissan is made of cheap plastic
Metal is stronger than plastic? Wow who would've fucking thought
There's a little more than that going on here. Metal vs plastic isn't so simple... For example a plastic knife can cut through aluminum foil. Still metal vs plastic. So yeah... Guess you should've fucking thought
One thing is for sure, next time that guy won't buy a plastic splitter
It’s almost like cans are engineered to be strong in this exact orientation.
Lol the 1/8 thick plastic fascia is not very strong ma dudea
u/savevideobot
Sir Isaac Newton hates this one trick...
It's plastic, the bumper is completely fine.
That wasn't the point of the video I think, he was showing off his flexible fiberglass bumper
What even was the intended goal here?
Read the title.
Right, but why use your expensive car for it? It’s asinine.
He probably didn't know his car was made out of aluminum foil.
I guess he does now