I've heard of the underwater sonic fences that the military is looking into - when a intruding diver is spotted, a sonic wave is sent out that "peaks" after a certain distance (when it reaches a certain frequency), and anybody that is in the peaking zone will become sick (vomiting) or even die, depending on the power used. My question is, could this technology be tweaked to actually create a fence of superenergized air molecules by adjusting the frequency to something that energizes air molecules within the peaking zone? I realize that "air" is imprecise, but you get the gist of it. Am I not being clear? Please ask me to clarify if you need to. Could this work, and why/why not?
2006-09-30 15:13:00 · 3 answers · asked by legendofzeldathetwilightprincess 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I looked into this in terms of electromagnetic radiation and found that there was no closed form of the solution. Presumably that applies to sound waves as well.
The problem is not so much one of generating the "fence" by reinforced waves as it is one of ensuring that the effect is limited to a region near the fence. The study of rogue waves may shed new light on this, as they seem to exhibit a pattern predicted by Schrodinger Wave Equation.
2006-09-30 15:31:49 · answer #1 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are similar device that beam high energy audio at human body. That is one deterent invented already.
If you talk about weapon that hit vehicles or planes, I have not heard it has been created. Audio waves are good for softbody target only.
2006-09-30 15:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it might work... i would think a lot of radiation would be used in this
2006-10-08 13:27:43 · answer #3 · answered by meatwad811 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋