A Numerical Model for Muzzle Blast Flow Fields.

Abstract

A numerical model is formulated to describe the details of the flow field produced by the firing of a gun or mortar. Godunov's scheme with an alternating direction implicit (ADI) procedure is employed to discretize and integrate the time-dependent Euler equations. Sample results are given for an M-16 rifle and a 4.2-in. mortar. Numerical results agree reasonably well with the existing experimental data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1980
Accession Number
ADA327965

Entities

People

  • T. C. Lin
  • T. D. Taylor

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blast Waves
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Euler Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Guns
  • Inviscid Flow
  • Muzzle Brakes
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Projectiles
  • Radial Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.