Guest Kal El Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 what is the maxium running speed of superman without breaking the laws of physics considering he can lift 100 tons his legs are about a 110 cm long and his joints have super fluids i found this equation velocity=cadence x stride length cadence=how many steps you take stride=how big steps are hope some 1 can figure out how fast he can run Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 Seems like you need some unit of time in there since velocity=m/sec. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kal El Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 whast the fastest supermans leg can move considering his strength? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aman Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 You have to look at the friction. If he starts from irressistable blocks, he could have infinite acceleration. Just aman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iglak Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 well, he's supposed to be able to run faster than a speeding bullet and in one of the movies he travels faster than light so i suppose the answer would be: infinitely close to the speed of light... even though that also breaks the laws of physics since he would just jump off earth if he ran that fast... heck, it might not even be possible to run faster than a speeding bullet. of course he could always do what the people do in anime shows, jump horizontally (like, completely horizontally, body and everything). in that case, he could go just fast enough to orbit earth and inch above ground level. and if he went a bit slower he could be sort of running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfson Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 A person with legs 1 m long should have a maximum speed of 4.02 m/s (or 8.98 miles per hour), so times that by 1.1, and then find out the maximum that a human can lift, put that into a ratio with your 100tons and times by m/s. Gl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 I`de go with Iglak on this one, it would have to be just under escape velocity, else he`de be in orbit. and I can`t even beleive I`m replying to this thread! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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