Walking on eggs??
Everyone has accidentally broken a egg right? And I know you have said "be careful so you don't break them"especially around kids. So are they as fragile as we think?
Give it a test, sometimes life is deceiving.
1. You can spread out newspaper or plastic.
2. Open egg cartons and line them up on the floor.
3. Take off the your socks and shoes.
4. Step carefully keeping your feet as FLAT as possible.
5. Keep you weight evenly on your foot and walk across.
How it works...
Eggs are rounded on all ends distributing the force evenly around the egg shell. If you place your body weight directly onto the eggs the pressure and force is spreading out the force and not concentrating it on one point.
If you think about it throughout time the rounded dome shape has been used and one of the Strongest shapes in building. The rounded dome can span great distances such as the The Pantheon, it was built in 609 AD, and has a diameter of 142 ft with no internal arch supports. We still use it even today to span great distances.
Fun fact... my son was intrigued with this process and wanted to know exactly how strong eggs were, so he did a science experiment. 4 eggs held a 5 gallon bucket of sand, and a ice cream bucket of sand on top!!! We figured out that each individual egg held approx. 65 lbs each!