RETARDATION AND CONDITION OF SHOT PELLETS IN FREE FLIGHT

Abstract

In any estimate of the trajectories of shot fired from a shotgun, the drag of the system of pellets might be expected to vary with the degree of damage incurred by the pellets and with the Mach and Reynolds Numbers. Results of experiments are presented for representative shot fired from a riot gun for five loading conditions. Pellet distributions, damage incidence, and aerodynamic retardations are determined from spark shadowgraphic traces. Pellets with severe launch damage indicated higher drag than corresponding spheres launched individually.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0653151

Entities

People

  • W. F. Donovan

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Classification
  • Data Acquisition
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Free Flight
  • Guns
  • Images
  • Instrumentation
  • Mach Number
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Photographic Images
  • Projectiles
  • Reynolds Number
  • Three Dimensional
  • Trajectories
  • Weapons

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