Projectile Balloting Attributable to Gun Tube Curvature

Transverse motion of a projectile during launch is detrimental to firing accuracy, structural integrity, and/or on-board electronics performance of the projectile. One manifest contributing factor to the undesired motion is imperfect bore centerline straightness. This paper starts with the presentat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michael M. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:Shock and Vibration
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/SAV-2010-0496