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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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263Trajectories
We can now write the three equations of motion with x as the independent variable as follows:
==
V
V
VC
V
V
VW
x
x
x
x
xx
1
ˆ
D
*
()
(8.170)
==
−−
V
V
VC
V
V
VW
g
V
y
x
y
x
yy
x
1
ˆ
D
*
()
(8.171)
==
V
V
VC
V
V
VW
z
x
z
x
zz
1
ˆ
D
*
()
(8.172)
As we noted earlier, the vertical component of the wind, W
y
, is usually extremely small and
will be neglected in further treatment. Further, as we mentioned, these equations are impos-
sible to solve in closed form and we must resort to numerical methods for their solution.
Without the restrictions of at re, projectiles red at high angles of departure may
traverse the atmosphere to great altitudes. In ...
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