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Ballistics, 2nd Edition
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Ballistics, 2nd Edition

by Donald E. Carlucci, Sidney S. Jacobson
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
608 pages
21h 36m
English
CRC Press
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494 Ballistics: Theory and Design of Guns and Ammunition
We can factor this equation and use our denition of γ to make it look as follows:
Dv
p
p
p
v
v
v
v
p
v
=
=
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
γ
(16.301)
If we multiply and divide the inside by
v
1
2
, we obtain
D
v
v
pv=
0
1
11
γ
(16.302)
We can use Equation 16.266 to alter v
0
/v
1
to yield
Dp
v=
+()
γ
γ
γ
1
11
(16.303)
This can be rearranged as
D
pv
=+()
γ
γ
1
11
(16.304)
And inserting the ideal gas equation of state we obtain
D
NRT
=+()
γ
γ
1
(16.305)
We can now calculate the ideal detonation velocity D* through
D
NR T
MW
*
(
*
)
*
*
()
=+
γ
γ
2
u
2explosive
1
2
(16.306)
Once we have these ideal values
T
2
*
,
γ
2
*
, and D*, we need to calculate the real valu
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