Jeffrey S. Lee, Early Universe Cosmology and Strings Group, Baylor University, One Bear Place, Waco, TX 76706; Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics, and Engineering Research, Baylor University, One Bear Place, Waco, TX 76706

Gerald B. Cleaver, Early Universe Cosmology and Strings Group, Baylor University, One Bear Place, Waco, TX 76706; Department of Physics, Baylor University, One Bear Place, Waco, TX 76706

Abstract
In this paper, it is shown that the Magnus effect cannot be a primary mechanism for the dispersion of shotgun pellets. The one-dimensional motion of objects through air, applied to shotgun pellets traveling a short distance, reveals that throughout the flight, the Reynold’s number is approximately constant. The distribution of pellets upon the target is demonstrated to be a phased-shifted Maxwellian distribution in lateral displacement space. The minimum Magnus frequencies required to create a typical pellet distribution pattern are ascertained, and are well in excess of the frequencies that could reasonably be achieved by pellets exiting a smooth bore shotgun.

Keywords
Magnus effect, Shotgun pellets, one-dimensional air resistance, Maxwellian distribution

Cite this paper
Jeffrey S. Lee, Gerald B. Cleaver, Exclusion of the Magnus Effect as a Mechanism for Shotgun Pellet Dispersion , SCIREA Journal of Physics. Volume 2, Issue 3, June 2017 | PP. 9-20.

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