The article explores the popular internet meme that suggests Ant-Man could defeat Thanos by flying into his rectum and expanding to a giant size, causing Thanos to explode from the inside out.
The author takes a scientific approach to analyze this scenario, considering the strength of the human colon tissue and the pressure that Ant-Man's expansion would exert on it. They use the Young-Laplace equation to estimate the hoop stress created by the pressure in a cylindrical pressure vessel, in this case, the colon.
The author also examines the force exerted by Ant-Man's expansion, using a scene from the movie where the Wasp uses her car and Pym particles to launch an SUV. By calculating the initial velocity and force required to launch the SUV, they estimate the pressure value of Ant-Man's expansion to be around 2.5 pounds per square inch.
However, the author concludes that this pressure is not enough to rupture the colon tissue, which has an ultimate tensile strength of around 0.9 megaPascals. Therefore, Ant-Man's plan would not work, and he would likely become stuck inside Thanos' rectum.
The article is a humorous and scientific take on a popular internet meme, using real-world physics and engineering principles to analyze the scenario.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. Ant-Man's suit allows him to pass through the metal atoms of a missile's casing.
2. Bowel perforation is an extremely serious injury that can cause deadly infections.
3. The mortality rate from bowel perforation is between 11% and 81%.
4. Ant-Man's expansion can create a pressure of 2.5 pounds per square inch.
5. The ultimate tensile strength of human colon tissue is around 0.9 mega Pascals.
6. The average pressure needed to cause full-thickness tearing of the human gastrointestinal tract is 0.29 kilograms per square centimeter.
7. The average PSI needed to rupture the human colon is 4.12 pounds per square inch.
8. Ant-Man's expansion would not be enough to rupture Thanos's colon, assuming Thanos's tissue is similar to human tissue.
9. Ant-Man's expansion would create a tension in the walls of Thanos's colon of around 0.2 mega Pascals, which is less than the ultimate tensile strength of human colon tissue.
10. If Ant-Man tried to defeat Thanos by expanding inside his colon, he would likely be stuck inside Thanos's body, unable to escape.