Calculating energy from a building's tremor

[CuddleFox]

So, a character break a wall and it shakes the entire building.
Is it possible to calculate the energy released by the building tremor itself?

 

[It_is_i_wyatt]

yeah

 

[CuddleFox]

Okay but how to proceed?

 

[It_is_i_wyatt]

idk, im not a calc guy

 

[KLOL506]

Peak ground acceleration, but there's a problem with that.

You will need to find the mass of the building first.

 

[CuddleFox]

Yes, given the mass of the building is calculated first.
I can't find anything about Peak Ground Acceleration on the wiki, I went to wikipedia, which gives elements to compare it to earthquakes. But I have no idea what formula to apply.
Is that like... kinetic energy? Like, building of a hundred ton move at 0.2m/s²?

 

[KLOL506]

Yes, given the mass of the building is calculated first.
I can't find anything about Peak Ground Acceleration on the wiki, I went to wikipedia, which gives elements to compare it to earthquakes. But I have no idea what formula to apply.
Is that like... kinetic energy? Like, building of a hundred ton move at 0.2m/s²?

Unfortunately, yeah. Shaking speed is also given in cm/s, without the square.

 

[CuddleFox]

Unfortunately, yeah. Shaking speed is also given in cm/s, without the square.

But wouldn't it also depend on the duration of the tremor and the number of shaking to get the entire energy output? Because that's just the energy given by a single movement.

 

[KLOL506]

But wouldn't it also depend on the duration of the tremor and the number of shaking to get the entire energy output? Because that's just the energy given by a single movement.

No, only the single movement is taken into account for, as we do for feats-over-time.

 

[CuddleFox]

Okay, thanks for explaining ^^