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Modern Exterior Ballistics (Hardcover, 2 Revised Edition)
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Modern Exterior Ballistics (Hardcover, 2 Revised Edition)
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Modern Exterior Ballistics is a comprehensive text covering the
basic free flight dynamics of symmetric projectiles. The book
provides a historical perspective of early developments in the 19th
century, the technology leading to World War I and that through
World War II into the modern post-war era. Historical topics
include the first ballistic firing tables, early wind tunnel
experiments, the development of free flight spark ranges and the
first supercomputer, ENIAC, which was designed to compute artillery
trajectories for the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory. The
level of the text requires an undergraduate education in
mathematics, physics, and mechanical or aerospace engineering. The
basic principles of ballistic science are developed from a
comprehensive definition of the aerodynamic forces that control the
flight dynamics of symmetric projectiles. The author carefully
starts with the basic vacuum point mass trajectory, adds the
effects of drag, discusses the action of winds, simple flat fire
approximations, Coriolis effects and concludes with the classic
modified point mass trajectories. Included in the discussion are
analytical methods, change of variables from time to distance,
numerical solutions and a chapter on the Siacci Method. The Siacci
Method provides a historical perspective for computing flat fire
trajectories by simple quadrature and is used in the sporting arms
industy. The final six chapters of the book present an extensive
physical and mathematical analysis of the motion of symmetric
projectiles. The linearized equations of angular and swerving
motion are derived in detail. The effects of mass asymmetry,
in-bore yaw, cross wind and launch in a slipstream are discussed.
Special consideration is given to the derivation and explanation of
aerodynamic jump. These subjects are then expanded to include a
complete chapter on nonlinear aerodynamic forces and moments. The
final chapter in the book presents an overview of experimental
methods for measuring the flight dynamics of projectiles. The great
forte of Modern Exterior Ballistics is the author's effort to
provide many fine specific examples of projectile motion
illustrating key flight behaviors. The extensive collection of data
on projectiles from small arms to artillery used to substantiate
calculations and examples is alone a valuable reference. The
ultimate joy of the book is the incomparable comprehensive set of
flow field shadow graphs illustrating the entire spectrum of
projectile flight from subsonic, through transonic and supersonic.
The volume is a necessary addition to any undergraduate or graduate
course in flight dynamics.
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