Submitted by Eastern-Ability8411 t3_11eu6f6 in askscience
uiucengineer t1_jaib6kq wrote
Reply to comment by The_Illist_Physicist in Does the spinning of a bullet have any effect on its drag? by Eastern-Ability8411
>For a spinning projectile, this total shear stress value is larger than if it was not spinning, so by this reasoning a spinning bullet should experience more drag than a stable, non rotating bullet.
But the direction of this increase in drag should be orthogonal to the translational motion, no? If I'm right, this drag would contribute to slowing the rotation, but not to the arc of the projectile.
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