A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DANGER AREAS DUE TO RICOCHETING PROJECTILES

Abstract

The ricochet studies of Birkhoff and Hitchcock are summarized. A theory is developed for ricochet of projectiles off inclined planes, and this theory is applied to obtain a procedure for the estimation of danger areas due to ricocheting projectiles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0440405

Entities

People

  • D. J. Dunn
  • W. D. Dotson Jr.

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Army
  • Ballistics
  • Boundaries
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Line Of Fire
  • Munitions
  • New Jersey
  • Projectile Noses
  • Projectiles
  • Ricochet
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trajectories
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • ballistics.