On Monday 07 November 2005 23:50, Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
> In reply to Wesley Bruce's message of Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:00:45
> +1100:
> Hi,
> [snip]
>
> >A continuous acceleration flight at one g, a tenth of a g or 0.01g;
> >results in a maximum speed at the mid-point that is very fast so the
> >relative velocity is huge even if you hit a tiny piece of matter, a
> >micro-meteorite or a flake of paint from another ship.
>
> Ah, I see.
> Regards,
>
> Robin van Spaandonk
>
> http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/
>
> Competition provides the motivation,
> Cooperation provides the means.
Already have a 'bumper bar' in the form of some 'new' 'old' physics.
That is 'Davis mechanics'. The Army even makes practical use of
it for its tank gunnery. A hard shell can penetrate because of the
high 'onset of acceleration' of the struck material when the shell hits.
This is due according to Davis Mechanics to the real world behavior
of the force equation commonly known as [F]= m[A] when the [] implies
vectors. Now neglecting some calling 'm' as a kind of vector product
of Higgs Force interaction, I propose that under Davis Mechanics the force
equation would look something like this:
[F] = m { (d[v]/dt) + (((d^2)[v]/d(t^2))^1) +...(((d^n)[v]/d(t^n))^(n-1))}
which is a garden variety Taylor series. This quantifies the kinds of
phenomena witnessed in the real world such as straws driven through
creosoted hardwood utility poles and the use of the various nail guns
used in the construction industry. Impact loads in my engineering
curriculum were always taught as one of 'science's great mysteries'
like the coefficient of gyration of non circular cross sections which I solved
for one of my profs with an involved multidimensional multivarying calculus
based exercise.
Standing Bear
