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Old 11th Jul 2003, 23:03
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Flash2001
 
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As I posted on the other forum, the mass of the particle should drop out of the energy equation to a first approximation anyway. The total energy, which is the total ability to do damage, will be equal to the average force due to dynamic pressure times the distance travelled along the airframe.
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