Investigation of the Interaction of Weapon-Ammunition Subsystems

Abstract

The initial phase in a systematic analysis of weapon-ammunition interaction has been accomplished. Acceptance-test data for five manufacturers' production of 5.56mm ammunition were analyzed through time-series modeling, an empirical cumulative distribution function was formulated, and a bivariate histogram of chamber pressure and port pressure was developed for use in the selection of weapon-test ammunition. Statistical experimental design procedures based on factorial or fractional factorial approaches are included for use in tests to identify the controlling parameters in weapon-ammunition interactions and to determine whether these parameters can be identified from ammunition acceptance-test data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0742723

Entities

People

  • S. M. Wu

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acceptance Tests
  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Testing
  • Burning Rate
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Experimental Design
  • Information Science
  • Interior Ballistics
  • Mathematical Models
  • Measurement
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Projectiles

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Statistical inference.