Amount of Energy from Bullet fired from different weapon

abrowaqas

How we differentiate the amount of Energy of a bullet fired by a gun and a rifle with same linear velocity?

do they posses the same energy ? or rifle has more energy than gun.

Microcephalus

The energy of the bullet would be E = ½·m·v²

So for the same m and v the energy would be equal, regardless of how the bullet was fired.

tiny-tim

hi abrowaqas!

Quote by abrowaqas

How we differentiate the amount of Energy of a bullet fired by a gun and a rifle with same linear velocity?

the rifle bullet will have very slightly more energy, since it will also have rotational energy

it travels further (and is more accurate) not because of its energy, but because it tumbles less than the gun bullet, and so has less air resistance

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abrowaqas	Amount of Energy from Bullet fired from different weapon Tweet How we differentiate the amount of Energy of a bullet fired by a gun and a rifle with same linear velocity? do they posses the same energy ? or rifle has more energy than gun.

Microcephalus	The energy of the bullet would be E = ½·m·v² So for the same m and v the energy would be equal, regardless of how the bullet was fired.