Automatic Cannon Technology (ACT) Program. Determination of Projectile Moments of Inertia and Stability with variation of Configurational Parameters,

Abstract

The 30 mm XM553 projectile provided an example for illustrating, by means of an existing computer program, how the magnitude of the important static properties of an axisymmetric projectile are affected by variations in length and weight. The program computes static properties from the individual conic sections making up the overall configuration. This decomposition of the projectile must be manually performed and the results fed into the program in a predescribed format. The program will determine the total weight, the axial and transverse moments of inertia, and the location of the center of gravity of any axisymmetric projectile. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0761072

Entities

People

  • Joseph E. Bulsak Jr

Organizations

  • Frankford Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Automatic Cannons
  • Axisymmetric
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Decomposition
  • Gravity
  • Projectiles
  • Transverse
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics