The Designer's Dilemma - Recoil: What to do with it?
Abstract
In the process for the design and development of cannon launched artillery weapon systems, the reaction to the barrel created by the combustion, expansion and discharge of the propellant and the interaction of the projectile must be accommodated by the weapon system within the proscribed system constraints. This reaction causes the weapon system to recoil in the opposite direction of projectile flight. This paper discusses how the system designer is constrained by both physics and the user's wishes and how the physical and system requirements are interrelated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA468630
Entities
People
- William T. Zepp
Organizations
- Picatinny Arsenal