School Help

[Solid Reece]

In school I have to take a scene from any action movie and prove in real life if whats shown would happen.
I need the average weight of a elevator as a units to help prove or disprove the physic. When I look on the internet all it gives me is the weight capacity.

If anyone wants to know what scene I'm doing, Its the elevator scene from inception
The part of this clip I am doing is at the end.

Does anyone know the average weight of a elevator around the size in the clip?
Edit: I mean mass not weight, sorry

 

[Solid Reece]

Just a shot in the dark here, 1500 lbs (about 680kg)?

Upon seeing the elevator withstand 2 charges of what looks like semtex or C4, I'm now assuming this elevator has some very thick armor so 6000 lbs?

Thanks.
My teacher does not want me to find if the elevator survived the blast or not. Chances are, in real life, The elevator bottom would be destroyed or at least damage and the people die from from the blast too. I have to find if the blast would push the elevator to the top with air presser acting against that in around the same time as the clip.

 

[krazykidd]

Just a shot in the dark here, 1500 lbs (about 680kg)?

Upon seeing the elevator withstand 2 charges of what looks like semtex or C4, I'm now assuming this elevator has some very thick armor so 6000 lbs?

I agree with this , although in context with the film ,wouldn't the actual weight of the elevator was reduced since they were free falling in the dream? Kind of in a zero gravity kind of thing since they were inside a persons head ( dream ) who was freefalling and that's why at some points people float in mid air? I am sorry my post isn't clear , it's kinda hard to explain something like this movie in words.

 

[Solid Reece]

Just a shot in the dark here, 1500 lbs (about 680kg)?

Upon seeing the elevator withstand 2 charges of what looks like semtex or C4, I'm now assuming this elevator has some very thick armor so 6000 lbs?

I agree with this , although in context with the film ,wouldn't the actual weight of the elevator was reduced since they were free falling in the dream? Kind of in a zero gravity kind of thing since they were inside a persons head ( dream ) who was freefalling and that's why at some points people float in mid air? I am sorry my post isn't clear , it's kinda hard to explain something like this movie in words.

I meant mass, not weight. Forgot to check my post before posting it

 

[Solid Reece]

Just a shot in the dark here, 1500 lbs (about 680kg)?

Upon seeing the elevator withstand 2 charges of what looks like semtex or C4, I'm now assuming this elevator has some very thick armor so 6000 lbs?

Thanks.
My teacher does not want me to find if the elevator survived the blast or not. Chances are, in real life, The elevator bottom would be destroyed or at least damage and the people die from from the blast too. I have to find if the blast would push the elevator to the top with air presser acting against that in around the same time as the clip.

There are a lot of variables there, but unless the elevator was snug against the walls of the elevator shaft (think rifle bore) and there were no elevator doors providing weak areas where energy could break through and escape the blast would pass the elevator and it wouldn't go all the way up.

Also you'd need the right amount of explosives for it. The explosion looked pretty weak in that clip.

Some of the units I'm guessing like my partner guess about 9kg of c4 was used and I look and found a average amount of joules released in TNT. C4 I found was about 1.3 times stronger. Most of everything involves some guessing but I want to make them as educated as possible.
Also this is for Physics 20 in Canada at a high school so we aren't expected to go into complete detail. The most we are expected to to is prove for this movie clip is to see if the blast could push the elevator as far and fast as shown.