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A good elevator won't fall, so speed = 0. They have breaks that activate automatically if something fails. Now, if the breaks fall too, then its speed will depend on how long it falls, since its acceleration will be 1g (minus the energy lost over friction).
Tillie, there's a BROWSER search history. Not sure about a Google one, but I'd be darn surprised if there wasn't. That's something they could monetize.
I found not-much helpfullness on my falling elevator out there. I'm mostly interested in having it arrive VERY abruptly at ground level, and the door slide open.
From how high does it fall? And if it happens on Earth (or alternate universe of, or planet similar enough), then you calculate from its acceleration (10m per second squared), so in 1 second, it goes through roughly 5 meters, and acquires a speed of 10 m/s; in two seconds, its speed reaches about 20 m/s, and has travelled 20 meters.
Now, that would be a frictionless elevator. If your elevator bounces into its cage, there will be friction, which will reduce the acceleration So instead of using 9.8 m/s^2, you could use a value of 9 or 8.
Now, if there is a passenger in the elevator, and you expect them to survive the fall, you also have to consider the deceleration at ground level. If it hits the floor instantly, you get (theoretically) infinite deceleration. But if you spread the deceleration over a tenth of a second (there are some springs at the bottom of the well);
or a second ore two (the breaks finally work), you can calculate the deceleration. Now, since it's going to be negative Gs, downward, that means the blood from the feet and upward will rush to the head of the passenger (unless they were smart enough to "lie" horizontally. Then you can go up to 4gs for an average person. Beyond that, they are knocked out.
Stereo Nacht
: Earlier this week I was in an elevator (that did not fall) wondering if I should lie down if it started to fall. Thanks for confirming! Also, does it matter how old the elevator is? What if it's from the 1930s?
Alanna
: I would assume such an old elevator would have been upgraded over time; elevators need regular maintenance exactly to minimize the risks of failure, catastrophic or not.
Now, I assume Ms. Writer is talking of an elevator that would almost have a mind of its own (knowing her writing), so I assume it could just slack all safeties, or overspin the pulleys, resulting in something like a free-fall.
She'll be dead for sure! If still standing, she will have her legs broken, and her brain would probably split once it hits the ground. If you want something very graphic, it could split while hitting the rail of the cabin (if there is one; otherwise, just the wall), and have her brain "paint" it from the impact down.
Stereo, that's delightful! A messy death that would be a shocker for those that had been waiting for the car to arrive in the lobby would be just sublime.
* What are parts of bolo ties called
* Weirdest part of the brain
* Speed of falling elevator
* Pickled plums recipe
* Popular pickup truck in 1987
* What does FBI do with found bodies
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