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Major Nikon

(36,827 posts) Tue Apr 14, 2015, 03:49 PM Apr 2015

The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can

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The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can (Original Post) Major Nikon Apr 2015 OP

Thank you for posting that. Throd Apr 2015 #1

K&R. Worth the view. Tobin S. Apr 2015 #2

half a trillion a year! progressoid Apr 2015 #3

That's interesting the development of the beer can. BarbaRosa Apr 2015 #4

I bought a bottle-shaped canned coke the other day. blogslut Apr 2015 #5

The advantage is that they're resealable. Xipe Totec Apr 2015 #6

I kind of miss old school pull tabs. blogslut Apr 2015 #7

The Atlas missile was held up by internal pressure too. hunter Apr 2015 #8

As was the Shuttle's External Tank Xipe Totec Apr 2015 #9

They might have built and left a few of those in orbit as future space stations. hunter Apr 2015 #10

Throd

(7,208 posts)

1. Thank you for posting that.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 05:20 PM

Apr 2015

Very interesting. I am off to buy some beer to do further research.

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)

2. K&R. Worth the view.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:03 PM

Apr 2015

progressoid

(50,005 posts)

3. half a trillion a year!

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 07:41 PM

Apr 2015

Wow.

BarbaRosa

(2,685 posts)

4. That's interesting the development of the beer can.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 09:48 PM

Apr 2015

After much research I've concluded the final dimensions of the can take into consideration the dimensions of the modern 'fridge. The 30pack fits nicely into the bottom shelf and leaves a good space for other tall stuff, leaving, IMHO, a slightly shorter fatter can.

blogslut

(38,021 posts)

5. I bought a bottle-shaped canned coke the other day.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 10:30 PM

Apr 2015

It contains less liquid than a traditional cylinder can but it's so cute I couldn't resist.

Xipe Totec

(43,892 posts)

6. The advantage is that they're resealable.

Reply to blogslut (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 11:09 PM

Apr 2015

Although at the cost of now having two pieces of metal that can become separated like the original pull tabs.

blogslut

(38,021 posts)

7. I kind of miss old school pull tabs.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 14, 2015, 11:19 PM

Apr 2015

Environmental damage aside, it was fun to make chains with them.

Perhaps someone inventive will come up with a silly crafty dumb thing to do with the aluminum bottle tops. Not me. All I can think of is using them as tiny boats for ladybugs.

hunter

(38,339 posts)

8. The Atlas missile was held up by internal pressure too.

Reply to Major Nikon (Original post)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 11:04 AM

Apr 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_missile

Imagine riding a giant stainless steel beer can with fire coming out the tail...

Commercial aircraft with pressurized cabins gain strength and become more rigid as the plane ascends.

Yes, there is something disturbingly Freudian about all this sort of engineering.

Xipe Totec

(43,892 posts)

9. As was the Shuttle's External Tank

Reply to hunter (Reply #8)

Wed Apr 15, 2015, 05:45 PM

Apr 2015

A mechanical engineer at JSC once described to me the vibration modes of the ET as something akin to the vibration modes of a grape.

hunter

(38,339 posts)

10. They might have built and left a few of those in orbit as future space stations.