Gun propulsion technology: Internal ballistic modelling
Publish date: 2015-03-13
Report number: FOI-R--4007--SE
Pages: 18
Written in: Swedish
Keywords:
- gun
- ballistics
- modelling
- fluid dynamics
Abstract
This report describes the work concerning interior ballistic calculations for guns performed at FOI during 2014. Current available computer codes can model the internal ballistic in 0-2 dimensions. However, in order to accurately model the ignition and the variation in muzzle velocity, three dimensional modelling must be used. For this reason a 3D internal ballistic code is now in development. This report presents an overview of current available computer codes at FOI and describes the ongoing work to develop a 3D fluid dynamic computer model.