An open knife edge of mass 'm' is dropped from a height 'h' on a wooden
floor. If the blade penetrates upto the depth 'd' into the wood, the average resistance offered by the wood to the knife edge is
mg(1+hd)
Let the blade stops at depth d into the wood.
v2=u2+2aS
⇒0=(√2gh)2+2(g−a)d
by solving a = (1+hd)g
So the resistance offered by the wood = mg(1+hd)