Abstract
A can of refreshing drink which contains a certain amount of drink stands at an inclined angle of 46°to 53°on a horizontal table, because the can has deep draw into a cylinder with bottom and thus has two supporting points. The can fell down on the floor when it is either filled up or empty. In this paper, a stable analysis was carried out on a can which contained the same amount of drink which stands slanting on a horizontal floor. The actual shape of the can is complex, so the can is modeled to a simple shape of a finite circular cylinder. The diameter d, height h and weight m of a can are given and the inclined angle j and the height of the center of gravity of the can hG are also given. The conditional equation of the slanting standing of the can and the minimum and maximum amount of drink, Vmin and Vmax are obtained, these are described by the above variables. The results of the analysis for various can agree well with those of experimental values.
