The Phone Book Myth Revisited and a Question
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The Phone Book Myth Revisited and a Question
Jorge BallesterEmporia State University
YouTube Videos
• Discovery Mythbusters-The Phone Book Myth
• Mythbusters-Phone Book Friction
• Video Conclusion: The phone books can be ripped apart but cannot be slid apart.
Post-it® Note Analog
Improved design by Travis Finney
Field Testing
Model: Charlie Mahoney
Chinese Finger Trap Model
http://couragetostutter.net
𝑎𝑏 ≈
1200≪1
a=page thickness
N pages on each side
1𝑁 ≪1
mth page
Tm
fm+1
fm
Pm
Pm+1
−𝑃𝑚+1+𝑃𝑚−𝑇𝑚𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃𝑚=0
m
Assume uniform tension
• F=applied force)
Critical Number of Pages
Good
• Reasonable physical basis
• Relatively simple formula
• Prediction of critical number of pages
Bad
• Uniform tension assumption
• Testing all parameters is elusive.
Ugly
• Interleaving the pages is inherently imprecise.
Questions:
• Why do we do this?
• Why don’t we do this?