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Old 12-15-2020, 08:51 PM   #35
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Default Re: [Vehicles] How big should a self-destruct be?

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Originally Posted by DataPacRat View Post
Where did my numbers go wrong?
At the point you started using GURPS rules. 1/500lb at REF 100 is about 400 kJ, assuming a distance of 10 cm and a 1/e penetration of 10 g/cm^2, absorbed dose is about 30 kJ/kg (enough to get the chips hot but nowhere near melting) or 3,000,000 rads. Which is around twenty times what the best rad hardened chips can survive.
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