How Does a Tug-of-War Accident Sever Somebody’s Arms?
I recently learned that the game of tug-of-war can sever arms when the rope snaps. How is this possible? What does that look like? What physical mechanism makes this possible? Wouldn’t everybody just fall backwards?
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Ropes don’t seem like they stretch, but they do. They are like a spring, a spring holding the combined weight of everyone on both teams.
If the rope snaps, all of that force is released at once, which can cause the rope to recoil violently.
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