Premise[]
Just figuring out the durability of this dude's shield based on this calc (The first one) (As the dude wasn't near the epicenter).
Request from Theglassman12.
Feat happens in RWBY Volume 8 Chapters 9-10.
Heights[]
This link tells me a boy from 14-15 years of age can be anywhere between 163.8-170.1 cm tall (Average of 166.95 cm) and anywhere between 50.8-56 kg (53.4 kg average). Oscar Pine is within that age range.
Pixel-scaling[]
Oscar Pine is 52px in both scenes (I'll just assume 1.6695 meters height for him).
The sphere is 129px. The distance from explosion is 218px.
Sphere: 1.6695*(218/52)= 4.14164423077 m diameter sphere. Radius is 2.07082211538 m. Surface area is 53.89 m^2 (We need cross-sectional area so 40-50% that, so 21.556-26.945 m^2, average of 24.2505 m^2)
Distance from explosion: 1.6695 * (218/52)= 6.99905769231 meters. Might as well just assume 7 meters.
Inverse-square law formula[]
EDIT: Apparently the actual yield should be from the Long Memory feat. Which is... 554351.50 Tons of TNT according to the above blog.
I (Yield tanked in ton of tnt) = (Yield in Tons of TNT) / (4π((Distance from Explosion in meters)^2))
Then you multiply the result with cross-sectional area of object tanking it (Usually 40-50% that of the object's total surface area)
- I= (554351.5) / (4π((7)^2))= 900.283484035 tons of TNT (8-A+)
- I (with cross-sectional area)= 900.283484035 * 24.2505= 21832.3246296 tons of TNT or 21.8323246296 kilotons of TNT (Town level)
Tallies[]
Durability of Oscar Pine's shield: 21.8323246296 kilotons of TNT (Town level)