ballistics
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Ballistics is the science of how objects move through the air after being launched or thrown, studying factors like their speed, angle, and the forces acting on them. It matters because understanding these principles helps engineers design everything from safer sports equipment to more accurate firearms and missiles.
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21 sectionsContents
- History and prehistory
- Projectiles
- Projectile launchers
- Throwing
- Sling
- Bow
- Catapult
- Gun
- Rocket
- Subfields
- Internal ballistics
- Transitional ballistics
- External ballistics
- Terminal ballistics
- Applications
- Forensic ballistics
- Astrodynamics
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
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Ballistics is the field of mechanics concerned with the launching, flight behaviour and impact effects of projectiles, especially weapon munitions such as bullets, unguided bombs, rockets and the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance.