A Radical Method for Calculating Muzzle Motion from Proximity Sensor Data

Abstract

A new method to process muzzle displacement transducer data has been developed and demonstrated on 5.56 and 40 mm weapon systems. The method allows much more flexibility in the placement of the measurement probes in a test fixture with no loss in measurement fidelity. The method also allows measurements to be taken with as few as two probes per axial measurement location, whereas previously used techniques required four probes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA588143

Entities

People

  • Ilmars Celmins

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Diameters
  • Displacement
  • Geometry
  • Gun Barrels
  • Gun Muzzles
  • Guns
  • Launchers
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Projectiles
  • Reliability
  • Resilience
  • Test Fixtures
  • Transducers
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • ballistics.