One of the first things we needed to do was test the feasibility of our constraints. Mostly we just needed to prove that it is possible to crush a can down to the required size. While we will have to do the math for this and do more formal machine testing later, for this early step I just grabbed a can and smashed it with a hammer and a vise.
We used a hammer and a vise to crush the cans
A crushed 12oz. can next to an uncrushed can
While this wasn't very scientific, it did allow us to determine that it was feasible to meet our size requirement. As I said, we will be doing formal materials testing so we can find out the actual forces involved, and compare them to solid aluminum.
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