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5 psi doesn't seem like much at all! I wonder if that's a pressure survivable by a human.
by stouset 10y ago
5 psi doesn't seem like much at all! I wonder if that's a pressure survivable by a human.
- loco5niner 10y agoLikely depends on how many square inches of the human are covered, and where on the human they are located.
- stouset 10y agoFor arguments' sake, the whole human.
- loco5niner 10y agoThis kills the human (joking... I don't really know)
- timdierks 10y agoLet's say an human with height 170cm and hip width of 85cm (these are between the averages men & women) gives a rectangular area of about 1.4 m^2; the head and legs aren't as wide as the hips, but this doesn't include the arms, so let's take it as a guess of the weight-bearing area for a prone or supine human. This area times 5 psi is more than 5,000 kg (more than 11,000 lbs). So yes, I think it would kill someone.
- grkvlt 10y agoSurely not? The point of pressure is that it's constant per area, so no matter how much is covered, the pressure felt is still 5 psi.
- paulddraper 10y agoNo. Put 5psi on a 1 inch x 1 inch area of my hand and I will be okay. Put 5psi on a 12 inch x 24 inch area of my torso, and I will be very much not okay.
- loco5niner 10y agothis is correct