Gareth56 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Is it possible to calculate the maximum height that you can dive or jump into a body of water without sustaining serious injury (or worse!!) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I would have thought it would depend upon the individual person, how they hit the water and how deep it was etc.. Otherwise - I don't actually know. However - after a certain height, you stop accelarating and reach terminal velocity. How safe it would be to ht the water at this I don't know either - but I wouldn't fancy anyones chances. There was a story about a Rusian lady who fell out of a plane without a paracute from about 30,000 feet or so. She landed on a the side of a hill that was covered in a few feet of snow. She didn't even break a bone (How true this is I do not know - story passed on by word of mouth to me years ago - probably been well exagerated by now!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth56 Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 The reason I asked was I read that you can kill yourself falling from a high bridge into a river (or similar scenario) because when you hit the water you're moving too fast for the water to "get out of your way" hence it's like hitting a solid sufrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Yea - hitting water at high speed can be like hitting concrete. I think some divers break up the suface of the water with their hands ahead of them to soften the inpact from a high dive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokele Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 See this thread, with several links to actual studies on the subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 just try 'slapping' hard a pool of water. it isn't as 'liquid' as you would imagine. * please do not try too hard, unless you have a black belt or something, you may injure yourself. * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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