I have a question about the “muzzle velocity” of projectiles fired from a gun barrel! I’ve always assumed that the projectile is still accelerating- providing the rate of burn and energy of the charge is sufficient to continue to overcome friction and inertia as it leaves the muzzle- that the...
Can someone please tell me the effects of the following scenario? A 36 inch steel pipe approximately 1 km long, used as an emergency flare line- containing a mixture of gas vapour and steam. Line temperature of 95 degrees centigrade. If a quantity of cold liquid butane was to be injected into...