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I am deeply skeptical at the notion that electronics payloads can withstand 5k to 10k g's of loading. A one gram component would experience 100 newtons of load
by djfjdfnrjfnd 11y ago
I am deeply skeptical at the notion that electronics payloads can withstand 5k to 10k g's of loading. A one gram component would experience 100 newtons of loading. That's over 20 pounds of force exerted on something the mass of a paperclip.
These aren't your nice, typical static loads, either. Dynamic loading tends to not play nicely with brittle materials, so solar panels will fracture. I would be extremely concerned about the integrity of highly chemically reactive batteries when what's normally a small five pound pack weighs as much as a Bradley fighting vehicle.
My questions is, am I getting this wrong? Are you able to cite sources that say this kind of g loading isn't an issue?
- rdl 11y agoAddressed comprehensively in http://www.tbfg.org/papers/Ram%20Accelerator%20Technical%20Risks%20ISDC07.pdf http://www.tbfg.org/papers/Ram%20Accelerator%20Technical%20R... (pages 12-14). The load on a dropped consumer electronics device falling onto a hard surface at deceleration is actually pretty close. It actually isn't even 10k G for a 1m diameter ram accelerator; that was for a light gas gun of smaller diameter and length). More like 2k