TABLE OF CONTENTS-(continued) Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com Paragraph Page •1-8 The Measurement of Barrel Erosion .... ............. .4-22 .4-8.1 General. ........... ......................... 4-22 .•-8.2 Thic Star Gage .......... ...................... 1-22 .1-8.3 The Pullover Gage ......... .................... 4-22 .1-8.4 The Automatic Recording Bore Gage ............... .. 4-23 .1-7 The Measurement of Bore Friction ...... .............. 4-21 •1-9 Barrel Temperature Measurements .................. .. 4-23 .1-9.1 Thermocouples ....... ...................... .. 4-23 -1-9.2 Resistance Type Temperature Measuring Gages .........
4-25 4-10 Motion of the Propellant During Burning ..... ........... 4-26 -1-11 Rotating Mirror Camera ...... .................. 4-28 REFERENCES ............ ...................... 4-32 CH.AIPrEI 5 SPECIAL TOPICS LIST OF SYMBOLS ........ ................... 5-1 I-I The HIydrodynamic Problems of Interior Ballistics .......... 5-2 a1..1 Pressure Distribution and Kinetic Energy of the Propellant Gases ......... .................... 5-2 5-1. 2 The Emptying of the Gun ..... ................. 5-4 0-2 Ignition of Propellants ......... ................... 5-7 5- 2 .1 General Discussion ........................... 5-7 5-2.2 Laboratory Investigations of Ignition ................
5-7 5-2.3 Theories of Ignition .......... ................... 5-8 5-2.4 Ignition in Guns ......... ..................... 5-10 5-2.5 Ignition Systems for Guns ....... ................. 5-12 . F-3 Flash and Smoke ........ ...................... .5-12. 0-3.1 Flash ........... .......................... 5-12 5-3.2 Flash Suppression ........ .................... .. 5-16 REFERENCES ......... ...................... 5-18 vi