Radial pressure on a gun launched motor case due to slumping propellant
By: [by] David Salinas and Robert E. Ball
Contributors: Ball, Robert E.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
Subjects: Elastic plates and shells; Buckling (Mechanics); Propellants; Computer programs
Description: An investigation was undertaken to determine the radial pressure due to the slumping propellant in a gun-launched rocket motor case subject to high axial g loading during launch. Using a Rayleigh-Ritz formulation an approximate solution was obtained. (Author)
Notes: Title from cover.

"Interim report for period July 1973 - September 1973."

"Prepared for: Commander, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California 93555"--Cover.

"March 1974"--Cover.

"NPS-59ZC74031"--Cover.

Author(s) subject terms: Propellant, gun-launched rocket, stress analysis.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 19).

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 22 March 1974.