Heating of Guns

Abstract

A compendium of heating data for guns ranging in caliber from the caliber .30 rifle to the 105mm A.A. Gun is given. An empirical formula is developed to estimate the heating in any gun. The effect of type of powder on heating is considered. The distribution of energy of the charge is calculated for the caliber .30 and caliber .50 machine guns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 20, 1938
Accession Number
AD0700971

Entities

People

  • J. R. Lane

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Cooled
  • Ammunition
  • Cooling
  • Diameters
  • Energy
  • Equations
  • Gun Barrels
  • Guns
  • Machine Guns
  • Munitions
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Projectiles
  • Rotating Bands
  • Small Arms
  • Specific Heat
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.