Accession Number:

AD0785517

Title:

Recoilless Rifle Nozzle Back-Blast Investigation.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

WATERVLIET ARSENAL N Y

Personal Author(s):

• Sneck,H. J.

Report Date:

1974-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

88.0

Abstract:

A simple method is proposed whereby the time-dependent initial phase of the internal ballistics of recoilless rifle is coupled to a quasi-acoustic, free-field wave propagation theory to predict the behavior of the back-blast radiated from a recoilless rifle nozzle. Author

Descriptors:

• *Recoilless guns
• Blast
• Interior ballistics
• Acoustic waves
• Wave propagation
• Nozzles
• Pressure

Subject Categories:

• Ballistics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE