Energy Through a Barrel of Liquid

Hello,

I am having a little trouble figuring out how to calculate how much force will be acting on some handrails on a stand. The setup consists of a barrel of liquid on a stand, X distance away from the handrails (between 0" and 3"), when a person of Y lbs trips and falls into the 55 gallon barrel filled with a liquid of known specifications. I have a maximum impact force rating for the handrails, but I don't know how to determine how much force would impact the rails in this case. I don't know if the liquid would have differing energy absorption or how the material property of the barrel itself would play into the equation. I also know the coefficient of friction of the stand flooring.

I have read your description four times and I still have no idea what you are talking about. A picture is worth a thousand words.

I am new this forum and hope I enjoy being here and resolve issues as and when they occur.

Hoping your humble support!

Regards
James.

I guess this one takes the cake.

A guy falling into a bucket of liquid channelled force getting to a handrail, etc, etc

Where do we get these "problems"?

Why doesn't the administrator "edit" or remove these esoteric inquiries that are not even remotely engineering problems

[QUOTE=Hitokiri03;3927]Hello,

...when a person of Y lbs trips and falls into the 55 gallon barrel filled with a liquid of known specifications. [/QUOTE]

I just lost it at this point. Why is this happening?


(please post a video of this scenario)