Do bullets fall back down to the ground if shot directly straight into the sky? and are they deadly?

Question

just wondering if they will get blown away and fall lightly, or come back down as deadly as getting shot, or if coming back down at all.

Answer 1

NO!!!


They dont fall with the same velocity,

There is a maximum /terminal velocity an object can attain while moving in a fluid. (in our case - air).

Another force acts on bullet in a direction opposite to that of g.

This force = 6 * pi * n * r * v

r - radius of object,
n - coeff of viscocity
v - terminal velocity.


Thus the velocity with which the bullet will return to earth would be much less. (but still large enough )

Answer 2

Yes, bullets shot up into the air will eventually come back down to the ground somehow. Unless a bullet somehow is able to achieve escape velocity (about 25,000 miles an hour), it's coming back down somewhere.

If a bullet is fired straight up into the air, it will start losing velocity due to the effects of air resistance and gravity, until eventually it reaches a velocity of 0. At that point, it will start to fall back down towards the ground with an acceleration of 9.8 m/s^2. How fast it would be going when it came back down would depend on how far up it got before falling down again, which would depend on how fast it was going when it left the firearm.

A rifle bullet would have a higher velocity than most pistol rounds, and so would go higher into the air, and fall back down from a greater height.

However, on Earth, as the bullet falls back down it would also encounter wind resistance. Eventually it would reach what is known as terminal velocity. At this point, it doesn't matter how far up the bullet is falling from, it's not going to be going any faster. For most bullets this terminal velocity will be perhaps a few hundred miles an hour.

Having a bullet, even a rifle bullet hit you at only a few hundred miles an hour would probably hurt like the bejebus, and might break skin or even bone, it would probably not be lethal.

Answer 3

The bullet moves up into the air. Meanwhile, the wind is shifting it slightly off course, so when it lands again, it will not be at the same location.

Assuming the gravitational force is constant (which is not, but this is for estimates only), then v^2 = 2gh. If starting velocity is 300km/h, then:

300 km/h = 83.3 m/s
(83.3)^2 = 2 X 9.8 X h
h = 354 m above the ground.

Then, using a = -9.8, v = 0, x = 354, we can find t thorugh x = vt - 0.5 * at^2. t = 8.5 seconds. 8.5 * 2 = 17 seconds.

If the wind shifts it 1 metre per second, it will move 17 metres from the point where it is fired.

Answer 4

Fall Back Down

Answer 5

yes bullets will fall back down but not in the exact place you shot them from. I believe the average Gun shot can travel 2 miles. I could imagine anything falling from that high up would cause a bit of damage.

Answer 6

Yes the bullets surely fall down if shot upwards into the sky since the law of gravity has to be followed.But i don't think they are deadly.I think they will not have the required SPEED.

Answer 7

They fall back to earth do to gravity and they are very dangerous. A falling bullet can pierce around the same amount of material as a bullet being fired at an object of the same mass. Dont do it and if you have never again

Answer 8

Oh yeah. I know that where I am from, Kansas, they outlawed shooting into the air on the Fourth of July because as the bullets rocketed back down towards the ground they picked up momentum. I could be wrong, but I htink people might have even been injured or killed.

Answer 9

Anything that is thrown directly up in air will come back with the same velocity as it was thrown. This is justified through simple projectile rule that the time taken to go up is exactly equal to the time taken to fall down. Therefore, a bullet shot directly up will come back inflicting the same damage as when it was shot from the gun. BE CAREFUL WITH GUNS PLEASE.

Answer 10

there is a gravitational pull on the bullet that causes it to stop going up and to proceed down. The bullet will proceed to accelerate at a speed of 9.8m/s^2 untill it reaches it's terminal velocity, I would say that yes a falling bullet would probably do almost as much damage as one fired out of a gun