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Likely depends on how many square inches of the human are covered, and where on the human they are located.
by loco5niner 10y ago
Likely 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