Again Jeff O misunderstands that the Prarrie Dog is ripped appart by the hydraulic pressure that is too great for it's mass. Shoot a Prarrie Dog with a 22-250 bullet at 3600 FPS and watch the explosion. Shoot one with a 360 grain bullet at 1400 FPS (roughly the same FPE) and NO Explosion
Once again, retained energy is only part of the equation. What happens with the .22-250 is there is a very high transference of bullet energy to the prairie dog while the larger, slower bullet passes through will a lower rate of transference.
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Kinetic energy is transformed into thermal energy in a collision. Agains Newtons Laws of Motion deal with 1- Forces, 2-Momentum transfers, 3-Acceleration, not energy relationships.
1 Foot Pound of energy is equal to 1.355817948 Joules. Joules is a heat measurement
Kinetic Energy (KE) is defined as a function of mass (m) and velocity (v) thusly: KE=1/2 m * v * v
The standard metric unit of measurement for kinetic energy is the Joule, which is defined in terms of mass (kg), meters (m) and seconds (s) thusly: 1 Joule = 1 kg * ((m * m)/(s * s))
In practical terms, a Joule is the work done by a force of one Newton through a distance of one meter.
But your argument is self-defeating � you cannot have momentum without energy and vice versa.
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