Liquid Propellant Guns

Abstract

Liquid propellants have been the focus of periodic research efforts since just after the Second World War. Early efforts centered on the mechanically simple bulk loaded liquid propellant gun. A large number of experimental gun firings were conducted, and semi-quantitative models of the bulk loaded interior ballistic process were developed. However, the ballistic control required of a practical gun system has been achieved. In contrast, the regenerative liquid propellant gun has demonstrated the required ballistic control, but at the expense of mechanical complexity heretofore unknown in gun systems. Nevertheless, the regenerative liquid propellant gun may provide the mechanism for the development of a practical weapon system based on a liquid gun propellant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188575

Entities

People

  • John D. Knapton
  • Melvin J. Bulman
  • Walter F. Morrison

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustion Products
  • Energy Transfer
  • Igniters
  • Ignition Systems
  • Liquid Propellant Guns
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Oxidizers
  • Second World War
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.