Pressure wave: Gun barrel interactions
Abstract
The interaction of pressure waves generated during the internal ballistics cycle with the vibrations of a tank barrel, and the possible effects on accuracy, are described. The investigation is based on codes simulating the complete internal ballistics cycle, including the venting of gases after shot exit, and the longitudinal and flexural vibration modes of the barrel, both of which were developed at the Royal Military College of Science. The computative effects of pressure waves on both accuracy and structural integrity are discussed for a number of different charge and barrel configurations.
- Publication:
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In AGARD Interior Ballistics of Guns 11 p (SEE N86-29063 20-31
- Pub Date:
- January 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986ibg..agarQ....C
- Keywords:
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- Ballistics;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Elastic Waves;
- Gun Launchers;
- Guns (Ordnance);
- Coding;
- Gas Dynamics;
- Loads (Forces);
- Vibration;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer