Accession Number:

AD0649244

Title:

EFFECTS OF PRESSURE VESSEL GEOMETRY ON THE INTERIOR BALLISTICS OF GAS GUNS

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Sep 1965-Jan 1966

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE FLIGHT DYNAMICS LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Knackstedt, Wilhelm F.
• Politzer, Jay L.

Report Date:

1966-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

254.0

Abstract:

An analytical treatment of the performance of a gas gun was carried out by means of a modified Lagrange approximation. The actual local cross- sectional area of the high-pressure vessel of the gas gun, larger than the area of the base of the guns barrel, was taken into account and its effect on the performance determined.

Descriptors:

• *INTERIOR BALLISTICS
• *LIGHT GAS GUNS
• GUN BARRELS
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• GEOMETRIC FORMS
• APPROXIMATION(MATHEMATICS)
• PRESSURE VESSELS

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Ballistics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE