Sunday, May 29, 2016

[zmsluwci] Elastic projectile

What material to make a projectile out of best survives the sudden acceleration and heat of being fired out of a gun?  Shock resistance.  Avoid inelastic deformation, though even elastic deformation into vibrational motion also wastes launch energy.

Previously: densest material is best against air resistance.  Suppose we ignore air resistance, maybe shooting in the vacuum of space.

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