Hip height = 4 times
the foot length
(rough estimate)
Body length = 10 times foot
length
(minimum rough estimate for biped dinosaurs)
Body length =
4 times shoulder-hip distance
(rough estimate for quadruped dinosaurs)
Human
Height = 6.6 times foot length
(rough estimate)
Snout-Vent
length (Shoulder-Hip distance) = distance from
midpoint of front feet to midpoint of hind feet.
Speed
Alexander’s Formula: (estimated)
Speed = ¼ g0.5 (stride)1.67(hip height)-1.17
[g = acceleration due to gravity: 32 ft/sec2 or 9.8 m/sec2
or 980 cm/sec2]
Speed ratio =
stride length ¸ hip height
ratio < 2, walking;
2 < ratio < 2.9, trotting;
ratio >
2.9, running
1 inch = 2.54 centimeters
1 centimeter = 0.39 inches
1 foot = 30.5 centimeters
1 foot = 0.31 meters
1 meter = 3.28 feet
1 mile = 5280 feet
1 kilometer = 1000 meters
1 foot = 12 inches
1 meter = 100 centimeters
1 mile per hour =1.47 feet
per second
1 kilometer per hour = 0.27
meters per second
1 foot per second = 0.68
miles per hour
1 meter per second = 3.6
kilometers per hour
1 inch per second = 0.08
feet per second
1 centimeter per second =
0.01 meters per second
1 foot per second = 12
inches per second
1 meter per second = 100
centimeters per second
