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|    Luke Campbell to Luke Campbell    |
|    Re: Plasma DEW effects    |
|    03 Sep 16 08:05:58    |
      From: lwcamp@gmail.com              On Friday, September 2, 2016 at 7:08:20 AM UTC-7, Luke Campbell wrote:       > On Thursday, September 1, 2016 at 2:57:29 PM UTC-7, MrAnderson wrote:       > > I don't remember how to calculate all of the quantities with recoil, I       don't remember anything after my holidays, so could you help me with this?       >       > Recoil momentum is equal to the projectile momentum       > p = m v       > where p is momentum, m is projectile mass, and v is projectile speed.       >       > Recoil energy is the kinetic energy of the gun due to its momentum       > E = p * p / (2 m)       > where E is the gun's kinetic energy.              Oops, I should mention here that in the second formula, m is the gun's mass,       not the projectile's mass (like it is in the first formula).              Luke              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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