Introduction[]
In issue #12, Metal Sonic upon awakening is shown to effortlessly break free of numerous metal chains despite being in a very weakened state. That's what I'll be calculating.
Calculation[]
I'll use Sonic's wrist as reference for Metal's wrist. Sonic's wrist was calculated here.
Wrist: 4.26/44 = 0.0968181818181818 cm/px
Chain width: 0.0968181818181818*39 = 3.775cm (0.03775m)
Chain diameter: 0.0968181818181818*395 = 38.243cm (0.38243m)
Chain Cross-Section Area: 0.03775*0.38243 = 0.0144367325 meters^2
I'll take off 75% for hollowness because it's a chain.
True Area: 0.003609183125 meters^2
Tensile strength of steel = 400 MPa
0.003609183125*1e+6*400 = 1,443,673.25kg (Class M)
Multiply by two to account for their being 2 chains on each arm.
1443673.25*2 = 2,887,346.5kg (Class M)
Multiply by 2 once more to account for it being done with one arm (Broke two chains per arm).
2887346.5*2 = 5,774,693kg
Update[]
I'm going to be making an update, using another part of Metal Sonic as reference for the chain (Rather than a measurement from Sonic)
100/422 = 0.2369668246445498 cm/px
Leg joint: 0.2369668246445498*21 = 4.028cm
4.028/29 = 0.1388965517241379 cm/px
Chain Width: 0.1388965517241379*42 = 5.833cm (0.05833m)
Chain Diameter: 0.1388965517241379*407 = 56.53cm (0.5653m)
Chain cross-section area: 0.05833*0.5653 = 0.032973949
Subtract 75% to account for hollowness
True Area: 0.00824348725
Tensile strength of steel: 400 MPa
0.00824348725*1e+6*400 = 3297394.9
Multiply by four for reasons listed prior to update.
3297394.9*4 = 13189579.6kg
Conclusion[]
Metal Sonic shatters chains:
- 5774693 Kilograms; Class M
Update[]
- 13189579.6 Kilograms; Class M (Accepted)
This should actually scale to low-tiers such as Amy, Tails, Rouge, Chaotix, etc. as while it was performed by a mid-tier, it was done when they were hardly functional. To a degree where they struggled to stand, much less fight. Mid-Tiers heavily upscale from it.