Computational ballistics III / editors, C.A. Brebbia, A.A. Motta

Third International Conference on Computational Ballistics, Computational Ballistics III"--Prelim p

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents Unsteady computational fluid dynamics modeling of free-flight projectile aerodynamics / J. Sahu 3 3D transient numerical simulation for sabot separation / D. Touati, S. Peles 13 Fast calculation of direct fire trajectories taking the earth's rotation into account / W. Roetzel, W. Czametzki, T. Maier 21 Generating an aerodynamic model for projectile flight simulation using unsteady time accurate computational fluid dynamic results / J. Kokes, M. Costello, J. Sahu 31 Suppression of axial combustion instability in solid rocket motors / D. R. Greatrix 57 ICE-ALE modelling for the combustion of homogeneous solid propellant / A. Peratta, C. Peratta 67 Stochastic study of 60-mm gun-projectile responses / M. Chen 77 On the linkage of impact damage to modeling of ballistic performance / J. M. Wells 89 A method to increase the tip velocity of a shaped charge jet using a hollow cavity / D. R. Scheffler, W. P. Walters 99 A computational viscoelasticity/damage/plasticity model for high-explosive materials / P. Rangaswamy, R. M. Hackett 109 Offshore platforms survivability to underwater explosions : part 1 / A. A. Motta, E. A. P. Silva, N. F. F. Ebecken, T. A. Netto 123 Ballistic tests and numerical simulations for containment capability characterisation of Waspaloy alloy / M. Di Sciuva, M. Degiovanni, M. Mattone, M. Gherlone, N. Bonora, A. Ruggiero, C. Frola 131 Experimental survey of the pressure cone and temperature field of an A/T missile system / K. Krallis, N. G. Orfanoudakis, M. Founti, D. T. Hountalas, A. Fatsis, N. Vlachakis 141 Safety checks and hit probability computation in numerical trajectory calculation using error propagation technology / A. Kuhrt, H. Rothe 153 Scalable parallel computation of explosively formed penetrators (EFPs) / E. L. Baker, C. Chin, B. E. Fuchs, J. Pham 163 Data mining in military systems / A. A. Motta, A. S. Alves, N. F. F. Ebecken 171 Computer simulated fragmentation arena test for assessing lethality and safety separation distances of explosive fragmentation ammunitions / V. M. Gold, E. L. Baker, J. M. Pincay 181 Evaluations of computational techniques for the engraving of projectiles / J. South, B. Powers, M. Minnicino 193 Long range electromagnetic cannon / E. Schmidt, J. Tzeng 203 Analysis of weapon systems protecting military camps against mortar fire / M. Graswald, I. Shaydurov, H. Rothe 213 Empirical relationship for muzzle exit pressure in a 155 mm gun tube / D. Carlucci, J. Vega 225