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What forces occur when opening a door?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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15y ago

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There's no way to answer that, because every door is different. There are heavy

doors and light doors, doors on bent rusty hinges and doors delicately balanced on

jewel bearings. If you push the middle of the door, it takes twice as much force

as if you pushed the outside edge of the same door.

All I can tell you for sure is that one pound of force is about 4.45 newtons of force.

You decide on the pounds, and you can use that number to figure out the newtons.

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15y ago

the forces that occur when opening a door are either pushing or pulling.:-)

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12y ago

You will usually need to apply a torque to open the latching mechanism, then a thrust (push or pull) to open the door.

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14y ago

Hinges with slow acting springs inside.

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