ABSTRACT

With new chapters, homework problems, case studies, figures, and examples, Ballistics: Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition, Third Edition encourages superior design and innovative applications in the field of ballistics. It examines the analytical and computational tools for predicting a weapon’s behavior in terms of pressure, stress, and velocity, demonstrating their applications in ammunition and weapons design. New coverage in the Third Edition includes gas-powered guns, and naval ordinance. With its thorough coverage of interior, exterior and terminal ballistics, this new edition continues to be the standard resource for those studying the technology of guns and ammunition.

section I|1 pages

Interior Ballistics

chapter 1|3 pages

Introductory Concepts

chapter 2|60 pages

Physical Foundation of Interior Ballistics

chapter 3|42 pages

Analytic and Computational Ballistics

chapter 4|52 pages

Ammunition Design Practice

chapter 5|34 pages

Weapon Design Practice

chapter 6|9 pages

Recoil Arresting and Recoilless Guns

section II|1 pages

Exterior Ballistics

chapter 7|14 pages

Introductory Concepts

chapter 8|16 pages

Dynamics Review

chapter 9|79 pages

Trajectories

chapter 10|23 pages

Linearized Aeroballistics

chapter 11|3 pages

Mass Asymmetries

chapter 12|10 pages

Lateral Throwoff

chapter 13|7 pages

Swerve Motion

chapter 14|8 pages

Nonlinear Aeroballistics

section III|1 pages

Terminal Ballistics

chapter 15|3 pages

Introductory Concepts

chapter 16|44 pages

Penetration Theories

chapter 18|82 pages

Shock Physics

chapter 19|15 pages

Introduction to Explosive Effects

chapter 20|22 pages

Shaped Charges

chapter 21|11 pages

Wound Ballistics