To calculate this properly you should first assume spherical cows in a vacuum.
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Stefan Creaser <[email protected]>wrote: > I’d have thought the capacity could be calculated by seeing how many you > could fit in there before they ran out of air and stopped breathing ;-)*** > * > > ** ** > > Stefan**** > > ** ** > > *From:* David Locklear [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 19, 2013 1:50 PM > *To:* CaveTex > *Subject:* [Texascavers] Re: tourist capacity**** > > ** ** > > Since tourist have to stay on the trail, you first have to calculate the > area in square meters of the entire trail. Presume it is just a very long > rectangle. Then imagine each tourist is a circle with a diameter of 1 > meter. > > So how many 1 meter diameter circles can you fit in the imaginary > rectangle ? > > Then you have to multiply number that by 0.80 because 20 % of the passage > will have natural and man-made obstacles. > > Then you have to consider are there wheel-chaired tourist. And is the > path one-way or two-way or three-way. > > And you have to figure in how many restrooms you have, how fast the tour > moves. And how many emergency exits are there ? Or if there is a > "teleferico" or elevator. > > And with any math #, you just have to multiply or divide the traditional > pi number to get a number that sounds logical. > > The number always comes out to be around 100, plus or minus one. > > David Locklear**** > > -- IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are > confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the > contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the > information in any medium. Thank you. >
