BANDSLIP Advancements

Abstract

A munition is said to be despun when the munition's angular velocity is significantly less than its band's angular velocity, thus the band slips on the munition and, hence, the name "slipband". With the emergence of smart munitions that possess advanced guidance for dynamic targeting capabilities, despun munitions are seen as the best approach for survivability of these fin-stabilized, canard-guided munitions due to the reduced aerodynamic loads on the fins and canards. The BANDSLIP code used for predicting the spin history of munitions has been improved. The most notable improvement is the capability to simulate projectiles shot through progressive twist gun tubes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508155

Entities

People

  • Michael Minnicino

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Base Pressure
  • Elastic Properties
  • Equations
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Munitions
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Projectiles
  • Propelling Charges
  • Relative Motion
  • Stresses
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).
  • ballistics.