Methodology for Determining Optimal Tank Cannon Barrel Centerline Shape

Abstract

This study describes the methodology for determining optimal gun tube centerline shape. It starts with describing system accuracy and then shows how different gun tube centerline shapes affect accuracy performance. The results show that the shape that imparts the smallest transverse disturbance has the best accuracy performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA406090

Entities

People

  • James F. Newill
  • James M. Garner
  • Mark L. Bundy

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Center Of Gravity
  • Composite Materials
  • Dynamics
  • Errors
  • Guns
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Relative Motion
  • Sensitivity
  • Simulations
  • Tank Guns
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transverse

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • ballistics.