Common term series

[Ali-Sama 5]

Many novels,movies and tv shows, use words like, frequency, modulation, amplitude, polarity, phase and intensity when talking about weapons and defensive systems.

 

 

 

I will make a few topics which will discuss each one of the above and how they effect the system. The terms can be used broadly as in none energy based weapons as the words can also be used for them.  We will explore what we know, and we believe is, and together reevaluate our assumptions and form a better picture.

 

 

 

To start the series, we shall start with frequency.

 

Before we put up textbook definitions, please tell us what you think frequency is, how it would apply to different weapons, shields and defense mechanism.  None combative examples like radio and music would also be valid for this example.

 

 

 

Please feel free to give your honest opinion. I am no expert and do not claim to know everything. So when I give my opinion. If I am wrong I am wrong. That is the process in learning.

[classichummus 0]

<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>To start the series, we shall start with frequency.

 

 

 

Before we put up textbook definitions, please tell us what you think frequency is, how it would apply to different weapons, shields and defense mechanism.  None combative examples like radio and music would also be valid for this example.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please feel free to give your honest opinion. I am no expert and do not claim to know everything. So when I give my opinion. If I am wrong I am wrong. That is the process in learning.</div></div>

 

 

 

Frequency could be described as how many full cycles of movement for some object (be it a bullet from a machine gun, light wave, radio wave...) to move from 1 defined point to another defined point. That point can be either time or distance. When I think of frequency, I think of sinusoidal waves (sine and cosine, not as much the other trig functions) and how many periods cycle through in 360 degrees. I hope this makes sense. I'm really tired. I can clarify for anybody later...once I get sleep!!! It might not be for a few days though.

[Ali-Sama 5]

<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>Frequency could be described as how many full cycles of movement for some object (be it a bullet from a machine gun, light wave, radio wave...) to move from 1 defined point to another defined point. That point can be either time or distance. When I think of frequency, I think of sinusoidal waves (sine and cosine, not as much the other trig functions) and how many periods cycle through in 360 degrees. I hope this makes sense. I'm really tired. I can clarify for anybody later...once I get sleep!!! It might not be for a few days though.</div></div>

 

^_- Get sleep! I know what it means. I have read it. the idea was to see what people think. for example phasers have a carrier beam frequency which they modulated to beat borg shields. A carrier energy wave is like a laser in essence, which is focused em radiation. So what does it mean? when you up the frequency of a photon. yes it alters the number of times it repeats per second. But we are talking about weapons here, so what does it mean. When you increase the frequency of em radiation it gains kinetic energy.

 

refracting light for instance modulates it, it will not only alter the frequency but the wave length. A diamond lense would shift red light to the uv range with both frequency and wavelength, increasing it;s ke in result. it is doubled. 

[classichummus 0]

increase in frequency = increase in energy always. It's not a direct proportion is it? It would be exponential right?

[Ali-Sama 5]

<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>increase in frequency = increase in energy always. It's not a direct proportion is it? It would be exponential right?</div></div>

 

when you refract it you also decrease the wavelength. if you just wanted to increase the frequency.

 

 

 

frequency is speed of light divided by wavelength.

 

the amount of ke is the frequency times the planck constant.

 

http://en.wikipedia....Planck_constant

 

 

 

so if you double the frequency you double the ke.  The wavelength affects the momentum and intensity.

 

so when they up the frequency they are also increasing its intensity, reducing wave length and etc.

 

the effect can be seen if you take a magnifying glass and use sunlight to make things catch fire.

 

 

 

 

[garypen 0]

<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>increase in frequency = increase in energy always.</div></div>mmmm...no.

[Tyralak 12,068]

<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'><p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>increase in frequency = increase in energy always.</div></div>mmmm...no.</div></div>

 

 

 

Expound, Gary.

[classichummus 0]

<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'><p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>increase in frequency = increase in energy always. It's not a direct proportion is it? It would be exponential right?</div></div>

 

 

 

when you refract it you also decrease the wavelength. if you just wanted to increase the frequency.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

frequency is speed of light divided by wavelength.

 

 

 

the amount of ke is the frequency times the planck constant.

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia....Planck_constant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so if you double the frequency you double the ke.  The wavelength affects the momentum and intensity.

 

 

 

so when they up the frequency they are also increasing its intensity, reducing wave length and etc.

 

 

 

the effect can be seen if you take a magnifying glass and use sunlight to make things catch fire.</div></div>

 

 

 

Thanks, that's really cool.

 

 

 

<p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'><p class='citation'>Quote</p><div class="blockquote"><div class='quote'>increase in frequency = increase in energy always.</div></div>mmmm...no.</div></div>

 

 

 

Explain yourself!! That's what I was taught.