Small update to the Calculations Introduction and References page

[SamanPatou]

The purpose of this thread is to establish the official, most recent and hopefully best take of the wiki on what type of strength should be used for cutting feats.

The Calculations Introduction and References page states that shearing strength has to be used, and the same was told me by @DMUA, while @KLOL506 and @Therefir told me compressive strength is better (everything started in this calc).

 

[KLOL506]

Yeah this is fine. I believe this should be a one-liner in all essence.

Length x Width x blade edge thickness of the cut volume, if it is a clean cut. Then multiplying it with compressive strength.

 

[DontTalkDT]

Why would compressive be better than shear, though?
Isn't cutting a shearing process? Wikipedia even mentions cutting things with scissors as an example for shear strength.
If you do it with an energy beam I could see compressive strength, but with a blade?

 

[KLOL506]

Why would compressive be better than shear, though?
Isn't cutting a shearing process? Wikipedia even mentions cutting things with scissors as an example for shear strength.
If you do it with an energy beam I could see compressive strength, but with a blade?

Ugarik said as much in the Tanjiro calc:

"Cutting doesn't work that way.

It's compresive strength times the cross sectional area of the rock times the width of the blade."

He later stated to M3X in his wall that it'd specifically use blade edge thickness.

 

[SamanPatou]

Bump

 

[SamanPatou]

Bump