RedM Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 I keep hearing about barrels of oil costing $70 or whatever but how big is one of these barrels? I'm picturing the sort of barrels we must all have seen. About waist height and about two and a half feet across. Is it the same barrel size? If it is then thats a lot of barrels out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 159 litres / 42 gals I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 ..but how big is the barrel that holds that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 ((159 / 1000) / (area of lid x height)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 What? You been on the Tanglefoot already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 159 litres takes up 0.159 cubic metres of volume....say for arguments sake a barrel is rectangular, not cylindical, and is twice as high as its wide, then the barrel would be like two cubes one top of each other...each cube would be 0.0795 cubic metres (half of 159 litres)...each cube would be 0.43m x 0.43m x 0.43m, so the 'rectangular' barrel would be 0.86m high and 0.43m wide.......assuming a cylindrical barrel is the same height, the area of the lid would be 0.159 cubic metres divided by the height of 0.86m = 0.185 square metres...using pi, the radius of the barrel would be the square root of (0.185 divided by 3.142) or 0.243m, hence the barrel would be 860mm high with a diameter of 486mm.........ish Now I need some Tanglefoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 About waist height. Depends how tall you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Class One Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 159 litres takes up 0.159 cubic metres of volume....say for arguments sake a barrel is rectangular, not cylindical, and is twice as high as its wide, then the barrel would be like two cubes one top of each other...each cube would be 0.0795 cubic metres (half of 159 litres)...each cube would be 0.43m x 0.43m x 0.43m, so the 'rectangular' barrel would be 0.86m high and 0.43m wide.......assuming a cylindrical barrel is the same height, the area of the lid would be 0.159 cubic metres divided by the height of 0.86m = 0.185 square metres...using pi, the radius of the barrel would be the square root of (0.185 divided by 3.142) or 0.243m, hence the barrel would be 860mm high with a diameter of 486mm.........ish Now I need some Tanglefoot SMART ARSE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 he did ask ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Need4Speed Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 I don't think it actually comes in barrels though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted September 10, 2005 Share Posted September 10, 2005 I don't think it actually comes in barrels though! no, its only a unit of measure, but hey, just think of a squillion barrels stacked up somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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