Robert Martinu wrote:
> Jack Tingle schrieb:
>
>>> On Jan 24, 4:06 pm, rbla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>>>> The only earthly materials that I believe could even measure up
>>>> would be
>>>> carbon nanotubes (the magical material de jour), but even they might
>>>> not
>>>> suffice for a creature of this size and performance.
>
>> Or, since he's the height of a skyscraper, which is made from steel,
>> maybe something like, I don't know, steel, would do? You could also
>> make your armor from something like, well, steel.
>
> You have to factor dynamic loads in, making that idea fall apart.
> The building only has only to carry the load of its own weight plus a
> bit of wind.
> The creature also need to with the stresses of acceleration, adding two
> bad aspects - not only are the loads about a magnitude higher, they are
> also not downwards but wildly variable vectors, adding shearing forces
> that need to be dealt with.
> The concrete that takes the compression loads in a normal sky scrapers
> would crack at the first step as its strength is very anisotrophic.
>
Darn, so we'd have to use something with a higher strength-to-weight
ratio, and design it for dynamic loads instead of low construction cost
and infinite static life. That forces us to use... aluminum, and
composite armor.
Regards,
Jack Tingle
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