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Article #8058Re: Handgun stopping power. The velocity myth
From: E. Michael Smith
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:10
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 16:10
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In article <19611@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes: # #In article <MAILQUEUE-101.930125134913.352@english.as.ua.edu> DHORTON@ENGLISH.AS.UA.EDU (David A. Horton) writes: ##Actually, to be more specific, I think we can think of it ##as a bullets momentum density (the momentum of a bullet divided by ##its frontal area), and not bullet "energy". ##Anyone have anything to add?? # #(a) Velocity is a vector (i.e. directed) quantity as is momentum; what #people really should be using the the magnitude of the momentum, or #mass * speed. (Speed is the magnitude of the velocity.) Um, I, for one, think velocity is far more important than speed ... If the bullet is doing MACH 2 away from me it isn't much threat ;-) -- E. Michael Smith ems@apple.COM 'Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.' - Goethe I am not responsible nor is anyone else. Everything is disclaimed.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!ira.uka.de!scsing.switch.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!michael.apple.com From: ems@michael.apple.com (E. Michael Smith) Newsgroups: rec.guns Subject: Re: Handgun stopping power. The velocity myth Message-ID: <1993Jan27.200903.10923@michael.apple.com> Date: 28 Jan 93 16:10:59 GMT Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu Organization: Circle 'C' Shellfish Ranch, Shores-of-the-Pacific, California Lines: 25 Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu