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RE: (TFT) Killing Joe



> "Jay Carlisle" wrote:>> If I can say that 1pt of dam = about 200ft lbs of
force,> then.............> > 1 ft lb = 1.356 joules> 1 joule = 0.24 calories>
1 BTU = 252 calories = 1,054 joules> 1 watt = 3.4129... BTUs>> 1,000,000volts
@ 1amp = 1,000,000watts aprox= 3704pts dam> 1,000,000volts @ 1microamp =
1000watts aprox= 0.370pts dam>> one ton of TNT is equal to 4.184 × 10^9
joule


Jay,
     While I haven't checked the site too closely, it looks like this person
has started some tables for various weapons and their attacks in physics
terms.

http://willscommonplacebook.blogspot.com/2006/12/armor-vs-muscle.html

Here is a small excerpt of what he has presented.

David Michael Grouchy II



Energy to defeat, in Joules:

Arrowhead vs. Buff Leather 30 J
Lance vs. Cuir-boulli 30-20 J
Lance vs. Padding (16 layers linen, 60g for 16 x 21 cm) 50 J

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