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In the video of the launch we see the rocket punch through a membrane to go from vacuum pressure to atmosphere, what kind of forces does this involve ? Intuitiv
by GistNoesis 5y ago
In the video of the launch we see the rocket punch through a membrane to go from vacuum pressure to atmosphere, what kind of forces does this involve ? Intuitively it seems like hitting a wall, but thinking more about it, inside the rocket this is just a change of acceleration (jerk) so maybe it's not so bad ? Would a human survive it ?
- krisoft 5y agoA human wouldn’t survive the acceleration before it, so I don’t think surviving the punch through matters. This thing causes 10000 G for a sustained time on the projectile. To put this into perspective above 14 G even fit and trained individuals tend to black out. Blood centrifuges use 1500-3000G for 5 to 10 minutes to separate your blood plasma from the red blood cells. After hours of 10000 G acceleration a human body will be a red goo stratified into density layers at the wall of the vessel. Punching through a membrane won’t faze the goo much comparatively.