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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8301532" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>That is super interesting... but it registers the impact force as 12,000+ Newtons for the Claymore and 7,000+ for the Katana.</p><p></p><p>Is it because in my above calculations for a longsword I used the overall speed without accounting for the difference in acceleration between the grip and the striking surface as separate locations in a radial arc? 'Cause Katana are similar in size and weight as a European longsword and that's a MASSIVE increase over the 217N I got from the calculator. Would also help to account for the claymore's even larger increase since the striking point is further from the hilt than the striking surface of the Katana...</p><p></p><p>Also... here's a video of a .44 magnum firing a round that hits a Ballistics Gelatin target!</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]o3iloqIj-qM[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p> Look at the temporary cavity stretch nearly the full size of the block (6 inches square on it's face)! At it's widest point that's easily 4-5 inches. And then the cavitating bubble forms as the pressures compress the gasses yanked into the vacuum left behind the bullet and cause an explosion inside the gel block.</p><p></p><p>Something you sure as heck don't see in the Flintlock Musket video with only 1/3rd the Newtons!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8301532, member: 6796468"] That is super interesting... but it registers the impact force as 12,000+ Newtons for the Claymore and 7,000+ for the Katana. Is it because in my above calculations for a longsword I used the overall speed without accounting for the difference in acceleration between the grip and the striking surface as separate locations in a radial arc? 'Cause Katana are similar in size and weight as a European longsword and that's a MASSIVE increase over the 217N I got from the calculator. Would also help to account for the claymore's even larger increase since the striking point is further from the hilt than the striking surface of the Katana... Also... here's a video of a .44 magnum firing a round that hits a Ballistics Gelatin target! [MEDIA=youtube]o3iloqIj-qM[/MEDIA] Look at the temporary cavity stretch nearly the full size of the block (6 inches square on it's face)! At it's widest point that's easily 4-5 inches. And then the cavitating bubble forms as the pressures compress the gasses yanked into the vacuum left behind the bullet and cause an explosion inside the gel block. Something you sure as heck don't see in the Flintlock Musket video with only 1/3rd the Newtons! [/QUOTE]
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