PROOF TESTING AND COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF BRL 81/26-MM LIGHT-GAS GUN

Abstract

A computer program and its use to simulate the performance of a light-gas gun is described. This technique is applied to simulate proof tests of the 81/26-mm light-gas gun. The analysis is extended to determine performance characteristics and maximum muzzle velocity attainable with a 29- gram launch weight. Results of computer analyses indicate that a sabot/model combination of that weight could be launched at a velocity above 21,000 feet per second if it could be designed to withstand about 1,000,000-g acceleration loads.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0661289

Entities

People

  • Vural Oskay

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Pressure
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Equations
  • Flight
  • Gas Guns
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Launch Tubes
  • Launching
  • Light Gas Guns
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Propellants
  • Simulations
  • Transitions

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • ballistics.