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  2. Internal ballistics - Wikipedia

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    This graph shows different pressure curves for powders with different burn rates. The leftmost graph is the same as the large graph above. The middle graph shows a powder with a 25% faster burn rate, and the rightmost graph shows a powder with a 20% slower burn rate. Energy is the ability to do work on an object. Work is force applied over a ...

  3. Glossary of firearms terms - Wikipedia

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    Internal ballistics: A subfield of ballistics, that is the study of a projectile's behavior from the time its propellant's igniter is initiated until it exits the gun barrel. The study of internal ballistics is important to designers and users of firearms of all types, from small-bore Olympic rifles and pistols , to high-tech artillery .

  4. Firearm propellant - Wikipedia

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    [4]: 125 The motion and behavior characteristics of projectiles while under the influence of the gases produced by the propellant is known as internal ballistics. [ 13 ] Due to the relatively short distance a gun barrel can offer, the sealed acceleration time is very limited and only a small proportion of the total energy generated by the ...

  5. Caliber (artillery) - Wikipedia

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    In internal ballistics terms, if the base of a projectile is thought of as a piston propelled by the expanding gas, then as barrel length increases the volume swept by the piston also increases, and hence the amount of energy that can be extracted from the gas's burning increases. A longer barrel allows more propellant to be used: the ...

  6. Solid-propellant rocket - Wikipedia

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    The grain burns at a predictable rate, given its surface area and chamber pressure. [citation needed] [17] The chamber pressure is determined by the nozzle throat diameter and grain burn rate. Allowable chamber pressure is a function of casing design. The length of burn time is determined by the grain "web thickness". [clarification needed]

  7. Gun dynamics - Wikipedia

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    It is caused by the fact that the trajectory of the shot as it leaves the gun may not be the same as the initial pointing direction of the muzzle. There may also be further external ballistic effects which may in themselves be a function of the launch parameters of the shot. The components of gun jump are shown in Figure 5. Figure 5.

  8. Overpressure ammunition - Wikipedia

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    Speer Gold Dot 124gr 9mm+P in SIG P226 magazines. Overpressure ammunition, commonly designated as +P or +P+ (pronounced Plus-P or Plus-P-Plus), is small arms ammunition that has been loaded to produce a higher internal pressure when fired than is standard for ammunition of its caliber (see internal ballistics), but less than the pressures generated by a proof round.

  9. Table of explosive detonation velocities - Wikipedia

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    Table of Explosive Detonation Velocities; Explosive class Explosive name Abbreviation Detonation velocity (m/s) Test Density (g/cm 3) Aromatic: 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene ...