Electrothermal-Chemical (ETC) Extensions to IBHVG2 With a New User's Tutorial

Abstract

IBHVG2, the computer code named for Interior Ballistics of High Velocity Guns, is a lumped parameter (zero dimensional) interior ballistics code which has been widely utilized to model solid propellant charges both nationally and internationally. Over the past 10 years a number of user options such as automated search routines and metric units have been added to the code. In this report we describe the extension of the code to allow the addition of electrical energy to the propellant gases to simulate electrothermal-chemical (ETC) guns. In addition, this report serves to update the original user manual and includes a description of the current input variables and sample output. Electrothermal, Interior ballistics, High velocity, Guns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA276059

Entities

People

  • Gloria P. Wren
  • Jon Earnhart
  • Niels Winsor

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Ballistics
  • Base Pressure
  • Burning Rate
  • Combustion
  • Electric Power
  • Energetic Materials
  • Interior Ballistics
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Military Research
  • Physical Properties
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Propelling Charges
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Solid Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Science.
  • Rocket Propulsion.