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03-19-2005, 06:20 PM
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How much perssure does it take to crush a human skull.
I need to know for a short story, I want to get just to the point before the actual crack... gruesome yeah but I gotta know.
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03-20-2005, 12:07 PM
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You might be better off taking that to a serial killer board  |
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03-20-2005, 01:50 PM
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All I know is that the human skull is able to withstand more pounds per square inch of pressure than steel.
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03-20-2005, 07:42 PM
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*Manical laughter*
Oops I mean... oh.
More pounds per square inch than steel?... that sounds wrong.
My delema is that anatomy sites done incluse such information such as strength of certian bones... I guess I could go to a medical forum and ask there but before I did that I thought I should try here frist...
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03-20-2005, 08:53 PM
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I guess only doctors or people who know a lot of trivia would know that. Sorry.
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03-20-2005, 09:34 PM
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Only takes 15 lbs per square inch to crush a human skull.
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03-20-2005, 11:17 PM
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The human cranium has a compressive strength of 5,000 to 31,000 psi (depending on the skull). It can have a tensile strength of up to 10,000 psi.
http://members.aol.com/SVG2254/coup_html.html
Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find the compressive and tensile strength of a sphere of steel the same thickness as the human skull. I do remember reading in Discover Magazine that the cranium is indeed stronger than steel in compressive strength, though (not tensile—my mistake). It was years ago though and I have no idea which one...
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03-20-2005, 11:18 PM
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Yes, but with the right amount of force applied in the right place, it can only take 15 lbs per in2
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03-21-2005, 06:23 AM
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Thanks Rico, very help full now I just need to convert psi to somethng I can easily relate to... So I can write about it...
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