Accession Number:

AD0485869

Title:

EQUATIONS OF MOTION FOR A MODIFIED POINT MASS TRAJECTORY

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Lieske, Robert F.
• Reiter, Mary L.

Report Date:

1966-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

24.0

Abstract:

A modified point mass mathematical model, which incorporates an estimate of the yaw of repose, has been developed to represent the flight of a spin stabilized, dynamically stable, artillery shell. This improved mathematical model has the desirable feature of representing the effects of the significant variables of yaw of repose and axial spin along the trajectory.

Descriptors:

• *SPIN STABILIZED AMMUNITION
• VELOCITY
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• YAW
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• PROJECTILES
• VECTOR ANALYSIS
• SPINNING(MOTION)
• PROJECTILE TRAJECTORIES
• MOMENTUM
• EXTERIOR BALLISTICS
• CORIOLIS EFFECT

Subject Categories:

• Numerical Mathematics
• Ammunition and Explosives

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE