ballistic pendulum

• Instrument utilisé en physique pour mesurer la vitesse d'un projectile, généralement une balle, en le capturant dans un pendule oscillant et en mesurant la hauteur de montée du pendule.

A device used in physics experiments to measure the velocity of a projectile, typically a bullet, by capturing it in a swinging pendulum and measuring the resulting swing height.

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   A device used to measure the momentum of a projectile, typically a bullet, by capturing it in a swinging pendulum and measuring the resulting swing height.

   pendule balistique

   • The ballistic pendulum was used in the lab to determine the speed of the bullet.
   • By measuring the height of the swing, the momentum of the projectile was calculated.
   • The experiment with the ballistic pendulum demonstrated the conservation of momentum.