A Simulation of the Human Shoulder.

Abstract

A method is presented for estimating the recoil force at the interface between the firer's shoulder and his weapon. The method involves simultaneous second order differential equations, whose coefficients have been determined by empirical fits. An example is given, which shows how the initial pitch-up and the recoil forces of a rocket launcher can be estimated.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA012174

Entities

People

  • Richard R. Kramer

Organizations

  • Human Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Launchers
  • Mathematics
  • Rocket Launchers
  • Shoulder
  • Simulations
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Theoretical Analysis.