Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30813774-20180223021508/@comment-30813774-20180304050758

Panddu1 wrote: I could help.

Well, first of all, Spiderman's whole body was about 1/3 of Sandman's head and Spiderman stands at around 1.78 meters. Since Sandman looks correctly proportioned, Sandman must stand at around 42.5 meters tall, since the average height of the human body is 8x of the head.

We need to calculate the amount of force Spiderman exerted to punch through Sandman. I will compare Sandman's sand to concrete, since it was able to stay solid when hitting Spiderman.

Since spiderman had to travel around 20 meters to reach Sandman's head, We can calculate his speed in meter per second. I took Spidey 4 seconds to hit Sandman so, we can assume that  Spidey travels 5 meters per second. Spidey's acceleration might be around 1.25 meters per second. Sand weighs 43 kilograms per 1 cubic meter. So, we can assume Sandman's weight was around 1800 kilograms. Keep in mind that Sandman can be compared to concrete.

Spidey must've been punching him at around 27,000 newtons. Spiderman was punching at 3000 newtons. That is enough to crack the ribcage. But, since Sandman is not human, instead compact sand. We can estimate Spiderman to be punching at 27,000 newtons of force. maybe more. First off, thank you SO much. Secondly, is there a way you could get this in joules?