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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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Introductory Concepts
When the projectile has left the environment of the gun, including the effects of the exit-
ing propellant gases that momentarily surround it, it enters the realm of the exterior bal-
listician. Here, it is subject to the force of the pressure of the atmosphere that it is ying
through, the force induced by its spin, and the force due to the acceleration of gravity.
The projectile in ight is no longer constrained in lateral motions by the walls of the gun
and, as a free body, can develop motions that are complex and occasionally inimical to the
intent of its user and embarrassingly, to its designer. The study of these ...
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ISBN: 9781466564374