Paragraph P«ge Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 1-1 INTRODUCTION IT CHAPTER 1 1-2 ACTION INSIDE THE GUN 1-2 1-3 DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY 1-3 INTERIOR BALLISTICS-GUN PROPULSION SYSTEMS 1-4 PRESSURE-TRAVEL CURVES 1-3 1-6 IGNITION 1-4 1-7.1 Grain Configuration 1-6 1-5 CONTROL OF INTERIOR BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE 1-4 1-7 EFFECTS OF POWDER GRAIN CHARACTERISTICS 1-5 1-7.2 Grain Size - 1-6 1-7.3 Density of Loading 1-7 1-8 PRESSURE-TIME RELATIONSHIPS FOR GUN SYSTEMS 1-7 1-9 EFFICIENCIES OF GUN AND CHARGE 1-8 1-10 DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNIQUES 1-8 1-11 SIMPLIFIED VELOCITY COMPUTATIONS 1-9 PROJECTILE SYSTEM 1-10 1-12 EFFECTS OF VARIATIONS IN THE GUN 1-12.2 Gun Chamber 1-1] 1-12.1 Gun Tube Length 1-11 1-12.4 Density of Loading 1-1] 1-12.3 Projectile Weight 1-1] 1-12.5 Sectional Density .
1-11 1-13 PRESSURE COMPUTATIONS 1-15 1-14.1 Temperature of the Powder 1-13 1-14.2 Temperature of the Gun 1-13 1-14 EFFECTS OF VARYING CONDITIONS IN SERVICE 1-12 1-14.3 Erosion in Gun Bore 1-13 1-15.2 Vertical Jump 1-18 1-15.1 Initial Air Effects 1-17 1-15 INITIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GUN-LAUNCHED PROJECTILES 1-16 1-15.3 Lateral Jump 1-18 vii