Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

How tall can you build a mountain chain of bricks?

+0
−0

My ancient golden dragon has a lot of time, since he doesn't die of old age in my world, and a lot of magical constructs that will tirelessly built a defensive mountain chain for him.

This chain will act as defense as well as a testament of his might.
It consists of blocks stacked on each other.
There don't need to be any rooms in it apart from maybe some small guard garrisons near the top. Other than that it can be solid stone blocks and as wide as need be.

The wall will be 3000 km long.
Earthquakes shouldn't be taken into account, wind can be a factor.
Bricks should preferably be made from materials easily available.
As long as it is easy to gather other materials can be used, as long as it's nothing like aerogel. Better ones can be constructed trough magic but then the "reward"/"cost" trade-off should be high enough.
One construct would be able to carry 1000 kg (2200 pounds) to the top of the wall in each trip.

I would like to know the height available when One side is as close to vertical as possible and the other can be sloped or when both sides are sloped.

Presume that simple resources are no problem.
Builder constructs created over estimated time frame should be the biggest thing to consider.

Addressing similar question - How quickly can I form a mountain chain?
This is focused on natural formation, I'm focused on man (construct) made formation

History
Why does this post require attention from curators or moderators?
You might want to add some details to your flag.
Why should this post be closed?

This post was sourced from https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/137383. It is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

0 comment threads

0 answers

Sign up to answer this question »