UnderHerHeel Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 After seeing some earlier posts on wood floor dents I thought I would take a stab at the issue. I took some measurements (obtained from wife's heels), and crunched the numbers through my handy dandy 'puter. Here is what I came up with. Scenario: Woman weight 100 pounds. She is standing back on the heels slightly so that the ball of the foot is off the surface. (Worst case!) Per Heel Force is: 2" square (chunky heel) force = 12.5 lbs sq in. 1" square force = 50.0 lbs sq in 3/8" round force = 477 lbs sq in 1/4" round force = 812 lbs sq in 1/8" round (Scream) force = 4,064 lbs sq in (You'll Scream under them!) Now when she is in motion the acceleration force can cause the effort to be multiplied up to 8 times. Which makes the Scream Heels in excess of 32,000 lbs sq in. WHEW! Talk about taking no prisoners! The other day the wife was vacuuming the carpet in her 3 1/2" heels. These are the one's with the 3/8" diameter. Watching her go back and forth I got an idea to test my calculations. I took a new #2 pencil and placed it under a heel. She came down on it, it popped out, and hit me! She thought it was the cord and continued. On my second try I had success. She came square down on it. I saw it sink into the carpet, and then there was a rather loud CRUNCH! One half popped out and the other was pinned until she jumped to see what it was. Her only concern was the waste of a perfectly good pencil. Now I really understand why wood floors can get screwed up so easily. What if the wearer is not 100 pounds, but somewhat heavier? Holes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilettography Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 I have studied this in depth on my site (See : http://www.hhplace.org/discuss/personal_members_websites/8527-steelheel.html ) I am fascinated by the power of stilettos, not just at what they can do to the floor or surfaces they penetrate, but also because they have such a powerful influence on the wearer and observer. Read it all on my site! Steelheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedesigner Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Not bothered bout the floor, but as u say, the effect on the observer is wkd ( hence herself bein my soulmate) and the effect on the public at large when we both wear heels out together! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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