Ballistics

Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition, Second Edition
2. New Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4665-6437-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1199 g

Providing new chapters, homework problems, case studies, figures, and examples, Ballistics: Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition, Second Edition encourages superior design and innovative applications in the field of ballistics. It examines the analytical and computational tools used to predict a weapon’s behavior in terms of pressure, stress, and velocity, demonstrating their applications in ammunition and weapons design.

What’s New in the Second Edition:

Includes computer examples in Mathcad (available on the CRC website)
Adds a section of color plates, to better help readers visualize the physical concepts of ballistics
Contains sections on modern explosives equations of state for detonation physics modeling and on probability of hit
Provides a solutions manual for those teaching college and training courses

This book covers exterior ballistics, exploring the physics behind trajectories, including linear and nonlinear aeroballistics, and focuses on the effects of projective impact, including details on shock physics, shaped charges, penetration, fragmentation, and wound ballistics.

Reviews and integrates the fundamental science and engineering concepts involved in guns and ammunition
Uses straightforward, easy-to-read style, and careful development of complex topics
Shares insights rooted in the experience of renowned experts, many associated with the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and International Ballistics Society

The field of ballistics comprises three main areas of specialization: interior, exterior, and terminal ballistics. This book explains all three areas, offering a seamless presentation of the complex phenomena that occur during the launch, flight, and impact of a projectile.

Zielgruppe

Researchers and engineers working at government and military research labs, engineers and technical managers at gun and ammunition manufacturers, students taking a course in the science and engineering of ballistic, national and international defense industries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carlucci, Donald E.

Jacobson, Sidney S.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Waffen- und Rüstungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Interior BallisticsIntroductory ConceptsBallistic DisciplinesTerminologyUnits and SymbolsPhysical Foundation of Interior BallisticsIdeal Gas LawOther Gas LawsThermophysics and ThermochemistryThermodynamicsCombustionSolid Propellant CombustionFluid MechanicsReferencesAnalytic and Computational BallisticsComputational GoalLagrange GradientChambrage GradientNumerical Methods in Interior BallisticsSensitivities and EfficienciesReferencesAmmunition Design PracticeStress and StrainFailure CriteriaAmmunition TypesPropellant IgnitionThe Gun ChamberPropellant Charge ConstructionPropellant GeometryCartridge Case DesignProjectile DesignShell Structural AnalysisButtress Thread DesignSabot DesignReferencesFurther ReadingsWeapon Design PracticeFatigue and EnduranceTube DesignGun DynamicsMuzzle Devices and Associated PhenomenaGun Dynamics NomenclatureReferencesFurther ReadingsPart II Exterior BallisticsIntroductory ConceptsReferencesFurther ReadingDynamics ReviewReferenceFurther ReadingsTrajectoriesVacuum TrajectorySimple Air Trajectory (Flat Fire)Wind Effects on a Simple Air TrajectoryGeneralized Point Mass TrajectorySix Degree-of-Freedom (DOF) TrajectoryModified Point Mass TrajectoryProbability of First Round HitReferencesFurther ReadingsLinearized AeroballisticsLinearized Pitching and Yawing MotionsGyroscopic and Dynamic StabilitiesYaw of ReposeRoll ResonanceReferencesMass AsymmetriesReferencesLateral ThrowoffStatic ImbalanceDynamic ImbalanceReferencesSwerve MotionAerodynamic JumpEpicyclic SwerveDriftReferenceNonlinear AeroballisticsNonlinear Forces and MomentsBilinear and Trilinear MomentsReferences Part III Terminal BallisticsIntroductory ConceptsPenetration TheoriesPenetration and Perforation of MetalsPenetration and Perforation of ConcretePenetration and Perforation of SoilsPenetration and Perforation of CeramicsPenetration and Perforation of CompositesReferencesShock PhysicsShock HugoniotsRarefaction WavesStress Waves in SolidsDetonation PhysicsExplosives Equations of StateReferencesFurther ReadingsIntroduction to Explosive EffectsGurney MethodTaylor AnglesMott FormulaReferencesFurther ReadingShaped ChargesShaped Charge Jet FormationShaped Charge Jet PenetrationReferencesFurther ReadingWound BallisticsReferencesFurther ReadingAppendicesIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Donald E. Carlucci has been an engineer at the U.S. Army Armament, Research, Development and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, since May 1989. He is currently the U.S. Army senior scientist for computational structural modeling based at Picatinny. He holds a doctor of philosophy in mechanical engineering (2002) and a master of engineering (mechanical) (1995) degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. In 1987, he received his bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey. Dr. Carlucci is an adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Sidney S. Jacobson was a researcher, designer, and developer of ammunition and weapons at the U.S. Army’s Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey for 35 years. He rose from junior engineer to associate director for R&D at the arsenal. In 1972, he was awarded an Arsenal Educational Fellowship to study continuum mechanics at Princeton University where he received his second MS degree (1974). He earned a master of science in applied mechanics from Stevens Institute of Technology (1958) and a bachelor of arts in mathematics from Brooklyn College (1951). He retired in 1986 but maintains his interest in the field through teaching, consulting, and lecturing.