A NEW SPECIAL SOLUTION TO THE COMPLETE PROBLEM OF THE INTERNAL BALLISTICS OF GUNS,
Abstract
A new special solution is given to the complete problem of Gun Internal Ballistics, of which Pidduck's (1922) special solution to Lagrange's Ballistic Problem is a simple special case. The solution is special in the sense that it is a similarity solution, in which the essential space-variable is separated from the time variable, and so it is derived by solving ordinary rather than partial differential equations. The restrictive assumptions on which the new solution is based are very few indeed. There are three scale-factors and seven modelling parameters in the general solution obtained, and two numerical examples are given for widely differing families of Internal Ballistics, which illustrate the salient features of the solution.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0816447
Entities
People
- C. K. Thornhill
Organizations
- AGARD