A ballistic missile follows a ballistic trajectory to deliver one or more warheads on a predetermined target. These weapons are guided only during relatively brief periods—most of the flight is unpowered. Short-range ballistic missiles stay within the Earth's atmosphere, while intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) are launched on a sub-orbital trajectory.
These weapons are in a distinct category from cruise missiles, which are aerodynamically guided in powered flight.
Homework Statement
How was energy lost while using the ballistic pendulum?
Homework Equations
Initial KE= 1/2mb*Vb^2 = 0.929J
Final Potential graviational = (m+M)gh= 0.198J
Energy loss = 0.929J - 0.198J= 0.731J
The Attempt at a Solution
I think the answer is:
energy lost dues to...
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I understand that 'ballistic re-entry' is usually used in the context of drag only with 0 lift, but if I were to look into the effects of lift how would I go about resolving the forces acting on a body at each instant to determine the instantaneous body acceleration ?
My initial...
In solving a ballistic pendulum problem, you can break it up into two parts:
(1) A bullet is fired and it lodges into a block.
Momentum is conserved because there is no net external force.
Energy is not conserved because there is friction between the block and bullet.
(2) Once the bullet is...
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Aim:
Having established a set of initial conditions, I would like to be plot the trajectory of a...
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A uniform stick d = 1 m long with a total mass of 249 g is suspended vertically from a frictionless pivot at its top end. A wad of putty of mass 29 g is moving horizontally with speed v. It strikes and sticks to the stick at a distance 0.75 m from the pivot.
What is the...
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I constructed a function that describes the ballistic trajectory of an object with a given velocity and angle. This is what it looks like:
y=tan(a)x+gx^2/(2(cos(a)v)^2)
'x' and 'y' are the x- and y-positions of the object in flight.
'v' is the velocity and 'a' the angle in...
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The ballistic pendulum is a block of 3.0 kg mass suspended from a thread 2.5 m long. A bullet with a mass of 9.0 g hits the block and sticks in it, the result being a deflection of the system by an angle of 18o.
Homework Equations
Find the bullet’s speed.
The Attempt...
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At 6:52 pm PDT Wednesday, July 10, 1996, a large block of granite with an estimated volume of 78,000 cubic yards detached from the cliff between Washburn Point and Glacier Point in Yosemite Valley. The estimated mass of the granite is 80,000 metric tons...
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I am interested in working in industry after I graduate, ideally having to do with ballistic missile defense. Does anyone know what are the best paths to get into this field? Are there many opportunities? What is the ideal major? Any info would be helpful.
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Hey guys, I have some questions about this ballistic pendulum http://image.made-in-china.com/2f1j00nMvTZeBzkLoC/Ballistic-Pendulum.jpg
My partner and me were discussing what kind of collision it made.
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You have been ask to design a "ballistic spring system" to measure the speed of bullets. A bullet has a mass of m is fired into a block with mass M. The block, with the embedded bullet, then slides across a frictionless table and collides with a horizontal spring whose...
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The speed of a rifle bullet may be measured by means of
a ballistic pendulum in the following way. The bullet, of
known mass m and unknown speed v, embeds itself in a
stationary wooden block of mass M, suspended as a pen-
dulum of length L. This sets the block to...
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I need to model the trajectory of a bullet fired from a gun while being subjected to gravity, drag, and a wind vector.
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For interference to take place, the light wave must retain their coherence. For scattering, when photon particles are scattered/dispersed/deflected, they should lose their phase relationship or coherence, should they be capable of interference?
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I did a lab in physics where we used a ballistic pendulum. Basically we had to derive equations for the initial speed of the ball for the pendulum and as a projectile using energy/momentum and kinematics. I was just wondering what are some good sources of error for...
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A 2.3 kg wood block hangs from the bottom of a 1.3 kg, 1.3 m long rod. The block and rod form a pendulum that swings on a frictionless pivot at the top end of the rod. A 12 g bullet is fired into the block, where it sticks, causing the pendulum to swing out to a 35 degrees...
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A 15.0 g bullet is fired at 456.1 m/s into a solid cylinder of mass 21.1 kg and a radius 0.31 m. The cylinder is initially at rest and is mounted on fixed vertical axis that runs through it's center of mass.
The line of motion of the bullet is perpendicular to the axle and...
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A 13.0 g bullet is fired at 578.1 m/s into a solid cylinder of mass 24.1 kg and a radius 0.11 m. The cylinder is initially at rest and is mounted on fixed vertical axis that runs through it's center of mass.
The line of motion of the bullet is perpendicular to the axle...
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I have been trying to get my head around the concepts of energy, work and momentum. I am trying to build some testing equipment to measure the "transfer of energy" of a moving object striking a pendulum type mass, but am unsure if my physics is correct.
The image attached is my idea...
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I fire a bullet at a ballistic pendulum. The large block of wood has a mass M2 = 3.000 kg, and the bullet has a mass of m1 = 25.0 g. The bullet completely penetrates the wood and emerges with a speed of vf = 80.0 m/s. The wood, as part of a pendulum, swings up to a maximum...
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A soft clay block is suspended so as to form a so-called ballistic pendulum. A bullet is fired point-blank into the block, imbedding itself therein and raising the latter to a height h. Derive an expression for the percentage of the kinetic energy converted into internal...
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a bullet of mass M is fired into a block of wood of mass m, the bullet sticks in the wood and causes it to swing upwards by height h
calculate the change in kinetic energy from the bullet to the bullet+wood
Homework Equations
kinetic energy = 1/2MV^2
V = SQRT...
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A bullet (mass m, velocity v) is fired into a suspended wooden block (mass M) which then rises up to height h with the bullet embedded within it. Find, in terms of m, M and H, the proportion of the initial kinetic energy of the bullet that is transferred to mechanical...
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A 7.0-g bullet is fired into a 1.5-kg ballistic pendulum. The bullet emerges from the block with a speed of 200 m/s, and the block rises to a maximum height of 12 cm. Find the initial speed of the bullet.
Homework Equations
Conservation of Momentum
The Attempt at...
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You have been asked to design a "ballistic spring system" to measure the speed of bullets. A spring whose spring constant is k is suspended from the ceiling. A block of mass M hangs from the spring. A bullet of mass m is fired vertically upward into the bottom of the...
Homework Statement
Homework Equations
mv=(m+M)v'
KEi=1/2mv2
PE=KE (after collision)
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm am particularly stuck on part C although I'm not very confident in my first two answers either.
a)
1/2(m+M)vf2=(M+M)gh
vf2=2gh
vf=SQRT(2gh)
mv=(m+M)vf...
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How would doing this experiment in the moom effect the experiment ?
"the experiment in lunching a ball against a pendulum and making an inelastic collision find the kenitic engergy and the inital velocity"
Homework Equations
I found all the answers and I assume the...
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A 10.0 g bullet is fired at 452.1 m/s into a solid cylinder of mass 24.1 kg and a radius 0.37 m. The cylinder is initially at rest and is mounted on fixed vertical axis that runs through it's center of mass.
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You have been asked to design a "ballistic spring system" to measure the speed of bullets. A bullet of mass 6.20 g is fired into a block of mass 2.10 kg. The block, with the embedded bullet, then slides across a frictionless table and collides with a horizontal spring...
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I don't know if this one belongs to something like the mythbusters, because of the complexity it needs for the actual testing.
This is the situation: in my country every week somebody gets hurt because of stray bullets, This is provoked by irresponsible people who tend to...
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During a summer internship with a company, you devised the following method of measuring the muzzle speed of a high-powered rifle, as shown in the figure. You fire a bullet into a rod of mass 5.5 kg and length 150 cm that is free to rotate about the pivot at the top. The...
[solved]Ballistic pendulum
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A bullet of mass m = 0.024 kg is fired with a speed of vi = 97.00 m/s and hits a block of mass M = 2.61 kg supported by two massless strings. The bullet emerges from the right side of the block with a speed of vf = 48.50 m/s. Find the height to...
1. A 9.05- g bullet from a 9-mm pistol has a velocity of 331.0 m/s. It strikes the 0.705- kg block of a ballistic pendulum and passes completely through the block. If the block rises through a distance h = 19.47 cm, what was the velocity of the bullet as it emerged from the block? i know that...
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A 16g bullet is fired into the bob of a ballistic pendulum of mass 1.5kg When the bob is at its maximum height, the strings make an angle of 60 degree with the vertical. The length of the pendulum is 2.3 m. Find the speed of the bullet.
Homework Equations
pi=pf...
I'm currently doing an undergraduate project on Brownian Motion and was told a phenomenon know as ballistic regime (at least I think that's what it's called) could have an effect on my results. My experiment involves analysing tiny beads in liquids undergoing Brownian motion and using them to...
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So does anyone here know a lot about ballistic pendulums? I was just wondering how I could calculate the distance the ball will travel horizontally when shot horizontally, from a table.
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
I know that first, I have to...
The problem:
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A rifle bullet of mass m = 0.03 kg traveling at vb = 240 m/s collides with and embeds itself in a pendulum of mass M = 2.88...
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You have been asked to design a "ballistic spring system" to measure the speed of bullets. A spring whose spring constant is k is suspended from the ceiling. A block of mass M hangs from the spring. A bullet of mass m is fired vertically upward into the bottom of the block...
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A 7.0-g bullet is fired into a 1.5-kg ballistic pendulum. The bullet emerges from the block with a speed of 200 m/s, and the block rises to a maximum height of 12 cm. Find the initial speed of the bullet.
Now I think this is an imperfect inelastic collision because the...
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A bullet (m = 0.029kg) is fired with a speed of 95.00m/s and hits a block (M = 2.40kg) supported by two light strings , stopping quickly. Find the height to which the block rises.
The correct answer is 6.56E-02 m
BUt the next question is:
Find the angle (in...
a 25-gm bullet traveling with a speed of 300m/sec strikes the block of a ballistic pendulum. the block weighs 98N and is supported by a light cord 1 m long. calculate the length of the arc through which the pendulum swings.