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**Unamannuato** · 11-05-2007, 07:23 AM

Originally posted by Whoha
A fairly long time, But so what, its not like the ships will be moving faster than the missiles will.

Why not? That doesn't seem guaranteed at all.

But there is still no way that the matter will absorb all that energy, and most of it is going out the other side of the ship.

... why not? The matter doesn't have time to get out of the way of the beam. Since it's there and relatively opaque to the beam, it will absorb most of the energy. That's why the laser is so powerful, it delivers most of its energy to a single point.

There are 15 pounds of pressure per square inch exerting a constant outward push on the hull, the instant the hull can't hold it back it is pushing outward. It is anyone's guess how far away the vaporized matter will get before transfering what energy it has absorbed to the ship, but it isn't going to deliver all of its energy there.

The vaporized matter isn't going to get much of anywhere in the duration of the laser. The question then is based on how deep the damage went. If only a tiny portion of the surface was initially vaporized, a lot of energy will escape (though a ton will still be transferred through the hull), but the deeper it goes the more energy will be transferred.

11-05-2007, 07:23 AM	#33
Unamannuato Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 365 Senior Member	Originally posted by Whoha A fairly long time, But so what, its not like the ships will be moving faster than the missiles will. Why not? That doesn't seem guaranteed at all. But there is still no way that the matter will absorb all that energy, and most of it is going out the other side of the ship. ... why not? The matter doesn't have time to get out of the way of the beam. Since it's there and relatively opaque to the beam, it will absorb most of the energy. That's why the laser is so powerful, it delivers most of its energy to a single point. There are 15 pounds of pressure per square inch exerting a constant outward push on the hull, the instant the hull can't hold it back it is pushing outward. It is anyone's guess how far away the vaporized matter will get before transfering what energy it has absorbed to the ship, but it isn't going to deliver all of its energy there. The vaporized matter isn't going to get much of anywhere in the duration of the laser. The question then is based on how deep the damage went. If only a tiny portion of the surface was initially vaporized, a lot of energy will escape (though a ton will still be transferred through the hull), but the deeper it goes the more energy will be transferred.
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