Re: Yet Another Rail Gun Question
- From: jimp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:43:20 +0000 (UTC)
John Schutkeker <jschutkeker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> jimp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote in news:d8ho4r$iui$2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> > Recoil is energy, not power and is determined by the mass and velocity
> > of the projectile.
> For this purpose, energy and power are roughly the same thing, differing
> only in the pulse time during which the bullet is being accellerated. That
> value is approximately constant for different gun sizes.
While it would be simple to measure current and voltage in the time
domain, you would still need to know the acceleration in the time
domain, which is damn hard to measure.
Measuring muzzle velocity and projectile mass is trivial.
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Jim Pennino
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