Timeline for Is there a liquid that could protect a human inside it from impact?
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| Apr 18, 2018 at 15:30 | comment | added | Agent_L | @thanby What happens in mech, stays in mech. | |
| Apr 18, 2018 at 9:35 | comment | added | throx | Ok, embedding a mecha pilot in a bath if mayonnaise is a whole novel on its own. That's all kinds of awesome. | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 19:43 | comment | added | thanby | @Agent_L ew..... | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 14:47 | comment | added | Agent_L | @throx If you want non-Newtonian fluid that's opposite to water-starch mix, you're talking about mayo : ) Solid enough to stand on it's own, flows under stress. | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 8:00 | comment | added | Baldrickk | @user49634 can't speak for mecha crashes, but being hit by a car at 30mph is fatal in ~20% of occasions. At 40 it goes to 80%. Above that? yeah, we are not built for rigid body collisions with that much energy. | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 2:46 | comment | added | throx | Where a fluid would come in handy is for those quick strikes (like artillery) where you have a massive force for a very short time. A compressible fluid (more like a really thick gas than a liquid) would help translate these shocks into something survivable. The trick is to be the exact opposite of cornstarch - typically rigid in the low-force zones and then spongy as the force gets higher. | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 2:43 | comment | added | throx | Check the link - most of the commentary is in there, but for the specific question you can slow down from ~50mph in around 10-15 feet without dying from deceleration. A mecha would likely slide a lot more than that, which gives you your safety margin. Unless we're talking about sub-second decelerations then the limit is around 10g before you get serious injuries. | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 2:06 | comment | added | user49634 | Its unlikely that this mecha, mentioned in the OP, will be traveling faster than 30-40 miles per hour. Crashes are most likely to occur by a mecha losing blance or being hit by artillery. Does this change the answer? I can't say I'm too familiar with all this. How slow precisely does a person have to go to not die slowing down from ~50 mph? | |
| Apr 17, 2018 at 2:02 | history | answered | throx | CC BY-SA 3.0 |