Man jumped off Empire State Building

[WyteWatt]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: imtim83
What happens to a person for real when they jump from a very tall building and hit a flat surface ?

Their carcass hits the pavement or any available surface at ~135mph and the same thing happens as when you drop meat from that height with the exception that some of the body parts are under pressure and some of the chemicals might react with that energy to create a larger "meat-impact residual-radius"

In simple terms please.

 

[IGBT]

..you think he had any 2nd thoughts on the way down??..sees the ground getting larger and larger..I wonder if he achieved terminal velocity??...

 

[Toki]

i can see someone jumping out of a building blacking out, but not having a heart attack. not unless they have a really weak heart.

 

[Zim Hosein]

While we are at it perhaps they die of asphyxiation since they won't STFU and reaslize that their feeble lungs can no longer create an effective vacum to suck air inq

LMFAO! :laugh:



Cheers Goosemaster :beer:

 

[booger711]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: M13
At least 31 other people have committed suicide at the Empire State Building since it opened in 1931. More than 3.8 million people visit the tourist attraction each year, according to the building's Web site.

Let's see, that's about 2+ jumpers/year. OUCH!!!

You need to redo your math there.

2004 - 1931 = 73 yrs.

31 people / 73 yrs ~ .42 ppl/yr

pwn

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..you think he had any 2nd thoughts on the way down??..sees the ground getting larger and larger..I wonder if he achieved terminal velocity??...

v=0
a=9.8 m/s
y= 393.192 meters[Assume "floor to floor" heights are approx. 15ft = 4.572meters -->> 4.572m/flx86fl]


v(f)^2 = v(i)^2 + 2a[y(f)-y(i)]

v(f)^2 = 2(9.8)(393.192)

1 mile = 1.609344kilometers

v(f) = 87.79 m/s = .08779km/s = 316.044km/h= 196mph


The "victim," lets call him Bob, will have reached terminal velocity, due to air resitance and such, before the moment of impact, so he will ahve been traveling at approx. 135mph for some time.


EDIT:

135mph = ~85km/h = 85000m/h = 8500 = 23.61m/s

v(f) = v(i) + at

23.61= (9.8)t

2.41=t



EDITx2:

y=.5(9.8)(2.41)^2

y= 28.5 meters

393.192m -28.5m = 364.692 meters



Finally

y=364.692m
t=?
v(i)= 135mph ~ 60.3504 m/s
v(f)= 135mph ~ 60.3504 m/s
a= 0

y=V(i)t

364.692= 60.3504t


t= 6 seconds

These caluclations lead me to believe that poor Bob was traveling at 135mph for approximately 6 seconds during which he covered 364.692 meters, or approximately 79.8 stories.


yeah, great chocie there Bob.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: Cuda1447
HE SURVIVED?!?!!? HOW?

your reading skills are pretty piss-poor

 

[aplefka]

My favorite part of Yahoo! News is that no matter what the article is, politics always gets pulled into the message board discussion.

 

[Abhi]

Originally posted by: Nikamichi

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
LMAO

:evil:

 

[Goosemaster]

O: add this to your post


The "victim," lets call him Bob, will have reached terminal velocity, due to air resitance and such, approximately 2.41 seconds his "leap," according to Yahoo!'s headline.
At this point poor Bob was traveling at 135mph for approximately 6 seconds during which he covered 364.692 meters, or approximately 79.8 stories.


yeah, great chocie there Bob.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: imtim83

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: imtim83
What happens to a person for real when they jump from a very tall building and hit a flat surface ?

Their carcass hits the pavement or any available surface at ~135mph and the same thing happens as when you drop meat from that height with the exception that some of the body parts are under pressure and some of the chemicals might react with that energy to create a larger "meat-impact residual-radius"

In simple terms please.

Splat.

 

[So]

An you imagine having a sixth floor office and hearing one hell of a "WHUMP!"

I'd imagine that you'd need some counceling once you found out that the sound you heard was a man exploding like a bag of spaghetti sauce.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: imtim83
What happens to a person for real when they jump from a very tall building and hit a flat surface ?

They leave a big stain.

 

[isasir]

A friend of mine works at the ESB, sometimes in the observatory. I gotta find out if he was working when this happened.

 

[Goosemaster]

Think about it.....6 seconds...79 stories.....at 135mph...before he died:Q

What an fing rush

 

[daveymark]

anyone have pics of the aftermath when a man jumps from a tall building?

 

[Muadib]

I'd like to know what could have been so bad in his life, to want to do something like this? May God have mercy on his soul.

 

[faenix]

Won't it make dents on the pavement also?

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: faenix
Won't it make dents on the pavement also?

Pavement either shears or cracks due to side forces and tension, and crumbles with EXTREME compression.


mass body + 135mph = big fist into concrete, so yes, it will crack and make a nice little crevace, but that is totally different than a dent where the material is actually deformed. In the case of concrete, the bonds totally fail

I think.....

 

[Toastedlightly]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
LMAO

Fall for someone new....

 

[stinger25]

If I were going to off myself, I wouldn't bother going all the way up to the Empire State Building. I would just smoke a stick of dynamite

Screw the mess. It's not like I'm gonna care!

 

[RobCur]

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[bonkers325]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: faenix
Won't it make dents on the pavement also?

Pavement either shears or cracks due to side forces and tension, and crumbles with EXTREME compression.


mass body + 135mph = big fist into concrete, so yes, it will crack and make a nice little crevace, but that is totally different than a dent where the material is actually deformed. In the case of concrete, the bonds totally fail

I think.....

assuming the guy weighed 200lbs, that's around 6500 lbs of theoretical force of impact. it wont be all concentrated at one point, so the highest force acting on the concrete would be around 3-4k. thats probably enough to crack the top layer of concrete into cinder block sized chunks.

 

[RobCur]

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