A radiation-impulse-floor scan lowers force or exposure time across three rows, checking when J = F * t drops below the stated impulse floor. The arithmetic is exact only for the stated forces, times, impulse floor, and rows in the ideal uniform-beam interaction model. Real measurements add beam profile, alignment, reflectivity/absorption, detector calibration, timing/area calibration, surface geometry, finite precision, and uncertainty.
Force is scanned below, at, and above a finite impulse floor. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.
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Force is scanned through a finite impulse floor
The time window stays 4 s while force is 2 N. The asserted impulse is 8 kilogram meters per second which is below the 12 kilogram meters per second impulse floor.
J=Ft=2⋅4=8kgm/s
Force is scanned through a finite impulse floor
The time window stays 4 s while force is 3 N. The asserted impulse is 12 kilogram meters per second which is at the 12 kilogram meters per second impulse floor.
J=Ft=3⋅4=12kgm/s
Force is scanned through a finite impulse floor
The time window stays 4 s while force is 4 N. The asserted impulse is 16 kilogram meters per second which is above the 12 kilogram meters per second impulse floor.