Accession Number:

ADA076175

Title:

Interior Ballistics Modeling Applied to Small Arms Systems

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER DOVER NJ FIRE CONTROL AND SMALL CALIBER WEAPON SYSTEMS LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Goldstein, Sidney

Report Date:

1979-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

39.0

Abstract:

The empirical models currently used in the design of small arms interior ballistics systems are reviewed. The development of propellant deterrent technology and closed bomb burning-rate techniques is discussed. Propellant grain size distribution and averaging techniques, temperature sensitivity, and energy losses are also covered. The current use of two-phase, nonsteady flow methods to describe interior ballistics systems is reviewed. It is concluded that each of the models performs a different task in the proper design of a weapon system.

Descriptors:

• *SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION
• *GUN PROPELLANTS
• *INTERIOR BALLISTICS
• PRESSURE GRADIENTS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• TEMPERATURE
• OPTIMIZATION
• SIZES(DIMENSIONS)
• MODELS
• BOUNDARY LAYER
• SENSITIVITY
• GAS DYNAMICS
• SMALL ARMS
• BURNING RATE
• TWO PHASE FLOW
• DETERRENCE
• CLOSED BOMB TESTS
• PROPELLANT GRAINS

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Ballistics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE