Table of Contents
- 1 Which has a greater acceleration the gun or the bullet?
- 2 What forces are acting on a bullet when it is fired?
- 3 What are 2 forces that act on a bullet as it flies through the air?
- 4 What three forces act on a bullet the moment it leaves the barrel?
- 5 What is the action and reaction force of firing a gun?
Which has a greater acceleration the gun or the bullet?
The force on the rifle equals the force on the bullet. Yet, acceleration depends on both force and mass. The bullet has a greater acceleration due to the fact that it has a smaller mass.
What forces are acting on a bullet when it is fired?
Several kinds of aerodynamic forces act on a bullet: drag, lift, side forces, Magnus force, spin damping force, pitch damping force, and Magnus cross force. The most important of these aerodynamic forces is drag.
Which is greater the acceleration of a recoiling rifle or the acceleration of the bullet?
The Answer: The acceleration of the rifle equals the force that the bullet exerts on the rifle divided by the mass of the rifle. The two forces are equal, but since the mass of the rifle is much greater than the mass of the bullet, the acceleration of the rifle is much less than the bullet’s acceleration.
Is the acceleration of a recoiling rifle the same as the bullet?
A gunpowder explosion creates hot gases that expand outward allowing the rifle to push forward on the bullet. The bullet pushes backwards upon the rifle. The acceleration of the recoiling rifle is. greater than the acceleration of the bullet.
What are 2 forces that act on a bullet as it flies through the air?
When in flight, the main or major forces acting on the projectile are gravity, drag, and if present, wind; if in powered flight, thrust; and if guided, the forces imparted by the control surfaces.
What three forces act on a bullet the moment it leaves the barrel?
As a bullet begins to leave a gun, it is subjected to a variety of forces that determine trajectory. Gravity, drag, ballistic coefficient and velocity are among the most familiar to shooters, but there are dozens more that, all combined, make a bullseye even more spectacular.
Which of these describes the force that pushes a bullet out of a gun?
A gun recoils when a bullet is fired from it: When a bullet is fired from a gun, the gun exerts a force on the bullet in the forward direction. This is the action force. The bullet also exerts an equal force on the gun in the backward direction. This is the reaction force.
Why does a gun recoils when you pull the trigger discuss using the laws of motion 2pts?
The gun must now move in the opposite direction with a certain velocity so that its momentum is exactly equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the bullet’s momentum. This is why the gun recoils.