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Pancake Universe
Ms Duck:
--- Quote from: madness on December 14, 2012, 07:27:33 AM ---I don't suppose you feel up to doing a calculation on the energy that Harry had to use in order to create the iceberg in Cold Days, do you?
Turning a 6 foot deep volume of water (I don't know the exact square footage of the portion of the building that fell into the lake but it was big enough to result in a very significant volume of water/ice) into ice should be one hell of a lot of energy. Water doesn't like to change temperature easily. :(
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take a Wag as to the volume will be the problem.. I have no idea how big the building is. anyone?
after that, the mass of water is 1,000 kg.. and assume 1 joule per gram will give you how many joules it takes.
to add in some fun, realize its a projected force, from his hand, take the surface area, the thermal conductivity of water (0.58)(its actually much easier to cool water then air) and you can calculate the projected energy costs
its probably quite a lot, but a chicken compared to mab's godzilla.
if someone wants to come up with some figures on the size of the building, ill give it a shot.
might tell us a idea on how strong harry is now. my theory on the knights is since there power source is by our POV near infinite (Mab's power can be matched by Humans, but only using nuclear recources) then the limit for knights is from their individual capacity, not from the source.
wizard nelson:
lets say the building is 100 ft by 50 ft in diameter, for conveniences. i wanna hear more numeromancy lol ;)
Ms Duck:
the isle, accoridng to Jim, is in the dead center of the lake or close to it. Thats about 250 Km from chicago itself, according to the map I found.
and as Salahaldin my 'high point estimate' is still too low, I didnt include the mass of the lake in my measurements. or, if we do assume a sphere and not a cylinder, the mass of the ground.
Oo
yea, im not working out that one. (whats the thermal coefficient for earth? or concrete? whats the ratio for both? never mind..)
as they say, assuming a spherical chicken..
were still getting numbers in the range of 10^16- 10^22
I think we can settle for that, its well within something to work with.
now, who wants to figure out how strong Harry is now?
Ms Duck:
--- Quote from: wizard nelson on December 14, 2012, 02:20:54 PM ---lets say the building is 100 ft by 50 ft in diameter, for conveniences. i wanna hear more numeromancy lol ;)
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I think we need more data, my young apprentice (evil cackle)
I need to head off and do soem work stuff.
we need the rough mass of half a warehouse.. we can assume sheet steel for the walls and concrete for the floor.
by rule of thumb, in the case of ice, 90% of the mass has to be below water. so take the mass of the warehouse, multiply by 9, and that will give us our lifitng body :)
Serack:
Ms Duck,
The original Badelynge has been moved to the DFRC
As new Quackiness is generated, just say the word and the curators will facilitate its proper place in the Badelynge in a manor similar to how the "Pancake Universe" addition got in. I like how the ongoing discussion of newer editions is contained in newer threads, so in general pratice, this topic will remain locked when not trying to open formation for new editions to the Badelynge. -Serack
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