Reducing Peak Power in Automated Weapon Laying

Abstract

In artillery, the process of aiming a weapon is referred to as gun laying. This report describes a method to calculate motion profiles that reach a given lay within the least amount of time while reducing the amount of peak power required and, therefore, minimizing the forces caused by acceleration.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1003606

Entities

People

  • Joshua Stapp
  • Matthew Tomik

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Acceleration
  • Artillery
  • Circuit Boards
  • Deceleration
  • Displacement
  • Electrical Resistance
  • Elevation
  • Engineering
  • Peak Power
  • Peak Values
  • Power
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Simulations
  • Travel Time
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.