Originally posted by h1a8
LOL, Dude. It's completely relevant, you just didn't understand. I'll prove it more clearly below.Either a very hot 2 second laser beam or a bullet shot from a gun has more force than the other or they both have the same force. That means if an object can withstand the greater then it certainly can withstand the weaker (according to your logic). We good so far?
Ok, now lets take a high tech heat resistant mat and hit it with both the 2 second laser and a bullet shot from a gun. The bullet passes through the jacket but the laser fails to burn through. So by your logic the bullet had more force on it than the laser did.
Now lets take a 1/4 inch thick steel plate and hit it with the same 2 second laser and bullet. The laser burns a hole through the plate but the bullet fails to penetrate completely. That means the laser had more force than the bullet.
We reach a contradiction. Thus we conclude that your assumption that blunt force penetration is directly related to the penetration ability of energy beams is wrong. The concept of 'Force' here is also wrong.
Lastly, there are alloys that have higher melting points, but aren't as tough in stress tests, as other alloys that have lower melting points. This is a fact.
But there is no direct relationship since there exists contradictions. Otherwise a fireproof jacket will automatically be bulletproof since a bulletproof jacket can withstand a bullet.
The problem is assuming the non existence of differences of both physical and chemical properties of substances.
Uh..... No
F=ma
Force is the directional push or pull of an object...
Heat energy is not the same as kinetic energy, acceleration, work.... Etc.
You took apples and oranges and confused the two. :-/
If you have two objects with the same force then the underlying variable is whether their masses are the same. If not then although the force exerted may be equal, the amount of psi is not. But if two objects carry with them the same force but one has an additional attribute such as say heat.... When taken against a heat resistant material the heat would dissipate but the force would be the same.... Unless the heat resistant material also carries with it additional properties to absorb or deflect the force itself.
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