Square-Cube Law Question (aka am I doing it right)

[HeadlessKramerGeoff777]

Ok so how I tend to do it is find the difference between lengths or heights, for example let’s say one thing was 10 meters and the other was 100m. The difference is 10. Then to get the weight I will take the change of weight let’s say the 10 meter thing weighs 100kgs. Then I would cube the x10 making it a x1000 difference and then I multiply the weight by that change getting 100,000kgs. Am I preforming this type of calc correctly?

 

[HeadlessKramerGeoff777]

Bump

 

[Ugarik]

Let's not what square cubes law is. But yes, you're doing it correctly

 

[HeadlessKramerGeoff777]

Ah, then what is what I’m doing actually called?

 

[Ugarik]

Nevermind, it is the square-cube law. It's just missing the main point: "if you keep increasing the size of an object maintaining its original shape, it will eventually collapse under its own weight"

 

[HeadlessKramerGeoff777]

I know that, though it is generally ignored in fiction. Anyway, thank you! This can likely be closed then.

 

[InfiniteDay]

Let's not what square cubes law is. But yes, you're doing it correctly

Off-topic, totally just cropped this for a funny image.