Dominoes

[dorion]

Ok so we got some crazy guy that has set up an infinite amount of dominoes all in a line just waiting to get knocked over.

Now I've been trying to wrap my brain around this question, once we set the dominoes in motion does the amount of energy applied to the leading dominoe increase as more and more dominoes fall?

If it does I may need to get enough dominoes set up to have the leading dominoe start doing some crazy stuff like flying foward or damaging the next dominoe.

Cool hope you guys can answer this.

 

[SmoiL]

If the infinite amount of dominoes are aligned around something with sufficient mass then gravity will create the energy you need to knock em over.

 

[BrownTown]

Smoil is right, the energy that knocks over the dominoes (after the first few) is the gravitational potential energy stored in the dominoes in their upright position. When they fall over some gravitational potential energy is converted into kinetic energy which is then passed on to the next one in line.

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: dorion
Ok so we got some crazy guy that has set up an infinite amount of dominoes all in a line just waiting to get knocked over.

Now I've been trying to wrap my brain around this question, once we set the dominoes in motion does the amount of energy applied to the leading dominoe increase as more and more dominoes fall?

If it does I may need to get enough dominoes set up to have the leading dominoe start doing some crazy stuff like flying foward or damaging the next dominoe.

Cool hope you guys can answer this.

The potential energy of the entire system is very high... denoted by the extremely high level of order. The potential energy of a single domino is always constant regardless of its position in the system.