Modern ballistic helmets made from textile composites offer enhanced protection with
lightweight, but the discontinuity of the reinforcing materials is a potential problem affecting …

The aerodynamics of projectiles launched from barrels of various devices is quite
complicated due to their interactions with the unsteady flowfield around them. A …

A projectile moving in the transitional/intermediate ballistic regime encounters many
complex flow phenomena as the flow field contains two blast waves and several flow …

Micro shock tubes are now-a-days used for a variety engineering applications such as in the
field of aerospace, combustion technology and drug delivery systems. But the flow …

The flow characteristics in micro shock tube are investigated experimentally. Studies were
carried out using a stainless steel micro shock tube. Shock and expansion wave was …

WHEN a projectile suddenly starts to move in the launch tube of a ballistic range, a series of
compression waves are formed ahead of the projectile, due to its piston effect. These …

An abrupt increase in duct cross-section is often found in pressure-reducing devices, valves
of internal-combustion engines, flow control devices in pipe systems of power plants, launch …

Two stages gas guns are used for various purposes, particularly for mechanical
characterization of materials at high rate of deformations. The performance of a two stages …

Past few years have seen the growing importance of micro shock tubes in various
engineering applications like micro combution, micro propulsion, particle delivery systems …

The acceleration loads of projectile during launch process of two-stage light gas gun were
studied by the developed computational fluid dynamics program. With the usage of LS …