Episode 333
How fast can an elevator go?
Is it true that there is no restriction for an elevator ascent but not for desent?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
April 24, 20164m 44s
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Show Notes
Listener Paul got in touch to ask if it's true that there's almost no restriction in the speed an elevator could ascend when it comes to the human body, but that there was a limiting speed for the descent. Graihagh Jackson was perplexed and intrigued by the question and so went to meet engineer, Dr Philip Garsed from Cambridge University to get up to speed... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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