Simulation Research of Interior Ballistics Based on Erosion Wear Characteristic of Full-bore

In order to improve the simulation precision of artillery interior ballistics, on the base of the artillery erosion interior ballistics theory in Ref.[1], the kinetic equation of projectile and the basic equation of interior ballistics are set up by keeping the equations of the variable projectile starting pressure, and the geometric combustion law and burning rate law of gunpowder unchanged, and analyzing the full-bore erosion wear characteristics of artillery, such as variable bore sectional area, variable chamber volume and volume increment after body, and then an interior ballistics model based on the whole-bore erosion wear is established. The resolving method of interior ballistics is derived. The certain artillery test data are computed through simulation. The simulated results demonstrate that the error simulated and test velocities are less than 0.9%, which satisfies the requirement of 3% simulation error of artillery engineering practice. The proposed method is better than the artillery erosion interior ballistics theory in Ref.[1]. The result proves that the proposed interior ballistics model and resolving method have higher simulation precision, and could be used for the prodiction of artillery barrel life. © 2019, Editorial Board of Acta Armamentarii. All right reserved.