Projectile propulsion through a porous supersonic nozzle with application to airguns /

and DIANA RWS 34, are analyzed to examine the

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Ronnie David
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1996.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:and DIANA RWS 34, are analyzed to examine the
behind the projectile. Thermodynamic steady flow
Busemann flow equations also account for gas velocity
commercially available airgun technologies, and to
determine the advantages that may be achieved using a
experimentally that a
increasing with gas outgun from a channel if the
Mach 1 .
porous barrel can allow pneumatic airgun projectiles
porous barrel can serve as a supersonic nozzle.
porous barrel. A water analogy experiment shows that a
porous, constant area barrel are limited to exit
pressure is. Various virgins, such as the Crosman 760
projectile, no matter how , high the reservoir gas
relations indicate that pneumatic virgins using a non-
The purpose of this study is to show theoretically and ics.
to reach velocities in excess of Mach 1 of the gas
velocities of Mach l of the gas immediately behind the
velocity before the outgun is greater than or equal to
Item Description:"Major subject: Mechanical Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:ix, 59 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47).