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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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121Ammunition Design Practice
not stick in the chamber. When a xed round of ammunition is loaded into the chamber, the
rear face of the tube provides the stop and seat for the rim of the case. During the expansion
of the pressurized case, the forcing cone of the chamber forms the seal for the hot gases by the
extrusion and engraving of the rotating band in a ried bore or the extrusion of the obturating
band in a smooth bore. The ratio D
c
/D is known as the chambrage, an important characteristic
of the design. Large values of the chambrage tend to cause turbulent ow of the gases as they
enter the bore. Such turbulence contributes to the erosion ...
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