A ballistic similitude design criterion for artillery projectiles

Attention is given to the analytically derived and experimentally verified Ballistic Similitude Design Criterion (BSDC) employed in the development of the U.S. Army's Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile (AFAP) as a ballistically similar counterpart of the M650 8-in. caliber conventional projectil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of guidance, control, and dynamics control, and dynamics, 1984-09, Vol.7 (5), p.631-633
Hauptverfasser: HODAPP, A. E, LAFARGE, R. A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Attention is given to the analytically derived and experimentally verified Ballistic Similitude Design Criterion (BSDC) employed in the development of the U.S. Army's Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile (AFAP) as a ballistically similar counterpart of the M650 8-in. caliber conventional projectile. The BSDC was required to define the mass properties that must be matched. An AFAP meets requirements when its mean point of impact falls within the 'precision error' region about the conventional projectile mean impact point, under conditions of firing with identical propelling charges and at similar quadrant elevation and azimuth angles.
ISSN:0731-5090
1533-3884
DOI:10.2514/3.19907