Eliminating or slowing down inertia with waves?

[avolaster]

so follow me on this one. motion has energy ... energy is in the form of waves ... correct? there are such things as destructive waves. so what if you found the exact wave of a moving object and sent destructive waves at it. could you at least slow it down? perhaps by using the air around the object... idk be creative... is it possible?

 

[berkeman]

so follow me on this one. motion has energy ... energy is in the form of waves ... correct? there are such things as destructive waves. so what if you found the exact wave of a moving object and sent destructive waves at it. could you at least slow it down? perhaps by using the air around the object... idk be creative... is it possible?

What do you mean "energy is in the form of waves"? The energy of motion is kinetic energy, not some electromagnetic wave.

 

[Drakkith]

so follow me on this one. motion has energy ... energy is in the form of waves ... correct? there are such things as destructive waves. so what if you found the exact wave of a moving object and sent destructive waves at it. could you at least slow it down? perhaps by using the air around the object... idk be creative... is it possible?

I don't believe so. I don't think that a moving object has a "wave" through the air. It may create air waves due to the motion, but it itself isn't moving in a wavelink fashion of anything.

The only thing I can think of is a blast wave from a bomb. But I think that is an entirely different subject than what you are talking about.

 

[Uglybb]

Nature already has that covered its called drag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_(physics)) and yes you can change it in many ways there is countless hours spent doing so in aerodynamics and boating.

Things like standing waves between boats and solid wall docks for example can make a nightmare trying to bring them in along side using there bow thrusters.