Timeline for How can Wolverine cut through heavy moving objects without getting knocked down?
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| Aug 28, 2014 at 12:00 | comment | added | Magno C | Please, I'm convinced the adamantium is a kind of supernatual material and people will aways create some magical attribute to justify break the laws of physics. I beg some moderator to close this topic. | |
| Aug 28, 2014 at 11:56 | comment | added | Magno C | @Moogle you are considering the material will aways be pushed away. But there are cases this will not be true. A horizontal cut will force down the upper side, increasing this force. As we increase the brade's angle, it becomes like a wedge and will stop too. As we decrease the blade's angle to increase sharpness, the material will not be pushed away. Ex. a paper-like blade versus an ax. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 22:03 | comment | added | Moogle | @bdimag well I assumed that Adamantium could be made to be exceptionally smooth, so that friction would be negligible. One force their would be is vertical forces. As the blade is angled it would push the material away from it. However it's not too great of an angle, so it wouldn't be creating much force. Also their would be material on each side pushing in opposing directions, so much of that would cancel itself out. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 21:43 | comment | added | bdimag | What about friction on the sides as it passes through? This comes to mind: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BarehandedBladeBlock | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:35 | comment | added | Magno C | You finally convinced me with your Katana example. Many thanks. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:34 | comment | added | Moogle | @MagnoC try an experiment yourself. Cut through a tree with a katana, and see how much force you felt in your arm. Now swing a baseball bat into the tree at the same speed, and see if you felt more or less force. I guarantee it will be a lot more. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:33 | comment | added | Moogle | If the Katana was sharp enough, you would be able to. However the level of sharpness will determine how much force is exerted back onto the blade. The sharper the blade, the less force rebounding. Now let's take your example. When you chop a medium girth tree, you feel some force pushing back on you. This slows you down, and thus reduces the pressure. However there is still enough pressure to cut through. Whereas a large tree will take longer to cut through, and therefore will slow you down more. Eventually slowing you down so much that the pressure is too low to cut through. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:28 | comment | added | Magno C | I'm not convinced because with a katana I can cut a medium girth tree, but I can't cut a large girth tree. If just sharpness had to do with it, why I can not cut all sizes, same material trees with same sword? | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:14 | vote | accept | Magno C | ||
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:14 | comment | added | Magno C | Just in the name of @Einer's Suspension of disbelief I'll accept. But I'm still not convinced. Thanks all. This was constructive. | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:10 | comment | added | Moogle | Yes, you just need to understand pressure. Pressure is calculated by force / area. This is why you can slice a tomato with a knife relatively easily, but to do it with a brick would require more force. The surface area of a blade edge is limited by the material's strength. As adamantium is incredibly strong, it would be able to create a blade that is tremendously sharp (i.e. have a very small surface area). This means that very little force would need to be applied to cut through things. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:08 | comment | added | Magno C | You try to tell me is if I had a sharpened enough blade I can cut a Jeep without apply force? | |
| Aug 27, 2014 at 17:04 | history | answered | Moogle | CC BY-SA 3.0 |