Are the Hometrees in James Cameron’s Avatar Structurally Possible?
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Film, Physics, Mechanics, Material properties, Avatar (James Cameron)Abstract
In James Cameron’s Avatar, the Hometree is a sacred home for the Na’vi clans. These “trees” are said to be made of several thinner trees which have grown together to form a larger structure, suitable for its inhabitants. On Earth, the largest trees are significantly smaller (by almost a third). This paper concludes that factors such as reduced gravity result in only 22,100 N m-2 of compression, low enough to allow the tree to stand.
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