Ballistics Definition and 60 Threads

In a ballistics test, a 25.0 g bullet traveling horizontally at 1100 m/s goes through a 30.0 cm-thick 450 kg stationary target and emerges with a speed of 900 m/s. The target is free to slide on a smooth horizontal surface. How long is the bullet in the target? i tried to use this equation ...

I have built a pneumatic tennis ball lancher (with compressed air). I need to develop theory (i.e. equations and formula) to determine the velocity as the ball leaves the barrel. I have the projectile motion after the ball leaves the barrel down pretty well. I'm having issues acounting for...

Greetings to all Forumites ! I am new to this forum and this is my first post. If the subject of my post does not concur with this section, pls excuse me and redirect me to the correct section. Thanks. My interest is in ballistics, particularly internal. Most of my questions and discussions...

Marking system for ballistics pendulum? Does anyone have any ideas for a low resistance marking system for a ballistics pendulum? The professor I am working for wants me to build a ballistic pendulum (as a demonstration apparatus) for a very weak airsoft gun. He said there must be a...

a ball of mass 0.2 kg, initially at rest, is kicked directly toward a fence from a point 20m away. The velocity of the ball as it leaves the kicker's foot is 20m/s at angle of 40º above the horizontal ground. The top of the fence is 4m high. THe kicker's foot is in contact with the ball for...

Could the rate of change of accelaration (or jerk in m/s3) affect the trajectory of a projectile? If so could it be to a noticeable extent? Given two systems where projectiles are fired by different propellants, say gasses with different rates of expansion. One reaches its maximum velocity...

I all ways thought films dramatized the act of some one being shot, like they fly backwards or jump in the air, but according to this it is true. http://www.bobtuley.com/terminal.htm

I have been given kind of a bonus question that requires a little thinking and I wanted to ask if I am going in the right direction with my thinking as I am new to Materials Science. Given: Ballistics test in which a high velocity projectile is fired at a block of material. Isotropic. Does...

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum and very impressed so far. I'm making a program which simulates the flight of an object. In order to do that, I have to compute the coefficient of drag. This is the first problem. From what I know, it should be possible to determine this number (at least...

Hey everyone, I'm trying to solve for theta in a derivitive of a ballistics equation and I'm afraid I'm stuck. My trigonometry is a little rusty, can someone help me out? I have: cos(theta)*sin(theta)=gd/2v^2 With the information I'm given I can solve the the right side of the equation...