Proceedings of the Interservice Technical Meeting. February 25 - 26, 1970. Watervliet Arsenal. Watervliet, New York. 1970. – 533 p.The specification of performance characteristics for conventional weaponry is of considerable interest and concern to the organizations utilizing such equipment. As might be expected, one of the primary considerations is the stipulation of the safe operating-life limits.
In the case of large caliber cannon, modifications in propellant charges through the addition of wear reducing agents have been largely responsible for extending weapon life limits to the point where fatigue considerations became extremely important. However, it has been shown recently that application of a prestressing fabrication process (auto-frettage) and use of materials having improved fracture toughness, results in a large caliber cannon which will again be wear and erosion limited.Contents:
I. Ahmad. A General View of Gun Tube Erosion and Control.
P. R. Kosting. Reflections on the Wear and Tear of Gun Barrels.
Doris J. Taylor, J. Morris. Gun Erosion and Methods of Control.
W. T. Ebihara. Investigation of Erosion in 7.62mm Machine Gun Barrels.
H. P. Gay. Comments on Interior Ballistics and Heat Transfer in Guns.
R. J. Thierry. Erosion of the Soviet 122nm D74 Field Gun.
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