Accession Number:

AD0744437

Title:

Generalized Mathematical Model of a Machine Gun Tripod Mount.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

KINETIC SYSTEMS INC BOSTON MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Moulton,P. B.
• Holland,R. S.

Report Date:

1972-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

126.0

Abstract:

An investigation was conducted by the Research Directorate, Weapons Laboratory at Rock Island to determine the structural dynamic characteristics of the M122 Tripod Mount with enough generality to be applicable to other tripod mounts of the same general configuration. The M122 Tripod Mount was mathematically modeled as a system of equations. This model is compatible with the mathematical model of the weapon developed by the USAWECOM to produce a combined weapon-mount mathematical model. Two models of the weapon-mount system were developed. The first was a linear description in which the mount was modeled as a spring with three degrees of freedom. The second was a nonlinear model where the forward leg of the tripod mount could lift off the ground as the mount is rotated about its aft two foot-pads. Author

Descriptors:

• (*GUN MOUNTS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS)
• (*MACHINE GUNS
• GUN MOUNTS)
• CYCLIC RATE
• VIBRATION
• RESONANT FREQUENCY
• FORCE(MECHANICS)
• STRAIN(MECHANICS)
• MATRICES(MATHEMATICS)

Subject Categories:

• Guns

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE