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  2. Kinetic energy weapon - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic energy is a function of mass and the velocity of an object. [1] For a kinetic energy weapon in the aerospace field, both objects are moving and it is the relative velocity that is important. [a] In the case of the interception of a reentry vehicle (RV) from an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during the terminal phase of the ...

  3. Kinetic bombardment - Wikipedia

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    Kinetic bombardment. A kinetic bombardment or a kinetic orbital strike is the hypothetical act of attacking a planetary surface with an inert kinetic projectile from orbit ( orbital bombardment ), where the destructive power comes from the kinetic energy of the projectile impacting at very high speeds. The concept originated during the Cold War .

  4. Hamiltonian mechanics - Wikipedia

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    This has the advantage that kinetic momentum can be measured experimentally whereas canonical momentum cannot. Notice that the Hamiltonian ( total energy ) can be viewed as the sum of the relativistic energy (kinetic+rest) , E = γ m c 2 {\displaystyle E=\gamma mc^{2}} , plus the potential energy , V = q φ {\displaystyle V=q\varphi } .

  5. Basic fighter maneuvers - Wikipedia

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    Basic fighter maneuvers ( BFM) are tactical movements performed by fighter aircraft during air combat maneuvering (ACM, also called dogfighting ), to gain a positional advantage over the opponent. BFM combines the fundamentals of aerodynamic flight and the geometry of pursuit, with the physics of managing the aircraft's energy-to-mass ratio ...

  6. Mobile (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    Mobile (sculpture) Alexander Calder, Red Mobile, 1956, Painted sheet metal and metal rods, a signature work by Calder – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. A mobile ( UK: / ˈmoʊbaɪl /, [1] US: / ˈmoʊbiːl /) [2] is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from ...

  7. Lineweaver–Burk plot - Wikipedia

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    Lineweaver–Burk plot. An example of a Lineweaver–Burk plot of 1/ v against 1/ a. In biochemistry, the Lineweaver–Burk plot (or double reciprocal plot) is a graphical representation of the Michaelis–Menten equation of enzyme kinetics, described by Hans Lineweaver and Dean Burk in 1934. [1]

  8. Pharmacokinetics - Wikipedia

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    Pharmacokinetics. A graph depicting a typical time course of drug plasma concentration over 96 hours, with oral administrations every 24 hours. The main pharmacokinetic metrics are annotated. Steady state is reached after about 5 × 12 = 60 hours. Pharmacokinetics (from Ancient Greek pharmakon "drug" and kinetikos "moving, putting in motion ...

  9. Kinetic military action - Wikipedia

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    People on a tank in Benghazi, Libya, February 23, 2011. " Kinetic military action " is a euphemism for military action involving active warfare, including lethal force. The phrase is used to contrast between conventional military (kinetic) action from "soft" force increasingly used against enemies, including diplomacy, sanctions and cyber warfare.