Carlucci D.E., Jacobson S.S. Ballistics: theory and design of guns and ammunition

Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2007. — 502 p.This book is an outgrowth of a graduate course taught by the authors for the Stevens. Institute of Technology at the Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey. Engineers and scientists at. the arsenal have long felt the need for an armature of the basic physics, chemistry, electronics, and practice on which to flesh out their design tasks as they go about fulfilling the needs and requirements of the military services for armaments. The Stevens Institute has had a close association with the arsenal for several decades, providing graduate. programs and advanced degrees to many of the engineers and scientists employed there. It is intended that this book be used as a text for future courses and as a reference work in the day-to-day business of weapons development.Interior Ballistics.
Introductory Concepts.
Ballistic Disciplines.
Terminology.
Units and Symbols.
Physical Foundation of Interior Ballistics.
The Ideal Gas Law.
Other Gas Laws.
Thermophysics and Thermochemistry.
Thermodynamics.
Combustion.
Solid Propellant Combustion.
Fluid Mechanics.
Analytic and Computational Ballistics.
Computational Goal.
Lagrange Gradient.
Chambrage Gradient.
Numerical Methods in Interior Ballistics.
Sensitivities and Efficiencies.
Ammunition Design Practice.
Stress and Strain.
Failure Criteria.
Ammunition Types.
Propellant Ignition.
The Gun Chamber.
Propellant Charge Construction.
Propellant Geometry.
Cartridge Case Design.
Projectile Design.