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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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187Weapon Design Practice
the shock bottle. The barrel shock is created as the higher pressure gases being compressed
by the onrushing projectile attempt to push their way into the high-pressure precursor ow
eld. One important concept to keep in mind is that pressure acts in all directions—it is a
point function. Think of the precursor ow eld as “pushing in” on anything that is trying
to come out of the muzzle. Thus, the precursor ow eld actually constrains the ow exiting
the muzzle. The Mach cone is generated by the fact that the uid jet of the gas ahead of the
projectile suddenly sees that there is no more wall constraining it and i ...
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