The velocity mainly determines the amount of kinetic energy possessed by the bullet, as reflected in the formula for the energy of an object by virtue of its motion: E=1/2m×v2 where E is kinetic energy, m is mass, and v is velocity. Because bullets possess most velocity at the point...
feet to meters. A foot is 0.3048 meters, so 3,000 ft/s equals 3,000 * 0.3048 = 914.4 meters per second. 52 grams equals 0.052 kg. Replacing m and v in the formula we get KE = 0.052 · (914.4)2/ 2 = 21.7393 kJ or about 16,034 ft-lbs for the kinetic energy of the bullet....