TABLE OF CONTENTS OF INTERIOR BALLISTICS BY M. YE. SEREBRYAKOV

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This book, written by Professor M. Ye. Serebryakov, Doctor of Technical
Sciences, a member of the Academy of Artillery Sciences, presents the theo-
retical fundamentals of interior ballistics and contemporary methods for the
solution of its chief problems. Numerous experimental data, examples, and
problems are given for facilitating the study of methods for fundamental
ballistics calculations.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Subject and Problems of Interior Ballistics 7
Subdivisions of Interior Ballistics 11
Significance of Interior Ballistics in Designing an Ordnance System 12
History of Interior Ballistics 12
List of Terms, Symbols, and Definitions in Interior Ballistics 24
PART I. PHYSICAL FUNDAMENTALS OF INTERIOR BALLISTICS
Section I. Powder as a Source of Energy
1. General Information on Powders 31
2. Basic Characteristics of Powder 34
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TABLE OF CONTENTS OF "INTERIOR BALLISTICS"
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Section II. General Pyrostatics
1. Burning of Powders 43
2. Characteristic Equation of Powder Gases 56
3~ Heat Losses to Walls When Burning Powder in a
Closed Chamber 73
4. Law of Gas Formation 80
5, law of Burning Rate 105
6, Change in Pressure as a Function of Time 113
Section III. Ballistic Analysis of Powders on the Basis of the
Physical Law of Burning
1. Development of Method for Ballistic Analysis of
Powders 119
2. Ballistic Analysis of Actual Burning of Powder 129
3. Burning of Perforated Powders 143
4. AApli.cation of Integral Diagrams 158
Section IV. Physical Fundamentals of Pyrodynamics
1. Phenomenon of Firing and Fundamental Relations 172
2. Balance of Energy on Firing 177
3. Investigation of Fundamental Relations 183
4.. Forces Originated in Motion of a Projectile Along
Rifling 198
5. Deduction of Formulas for Secondary Work 210
Section V. Phenomena Related to Gas Outflow
228
1. General Information From Gas Dynamics 229
2, Application of Fundamental Formulas of Gas Outflow 241
3. Burning of Powder in an Incompletely Closed Chamber 251
4. Brief Theory of Muzzle Brakes 264
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PART 2. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SOLUTION
OF INTERIOR BALLISTICS PROBLEMS
Introduction
Section VI.
Analytical Methods for Solution of Direct Problem
of Interior Ballistics
Fundamental Assumptions
278
1. Solution of Fundamental Problem Under Forcing
Pressure and the Geometrical Law of Burning
2. Precise Method Developed by Professor N. F. Drozdov
279
306
3. Solution of Problems of Interior Ballistics for Sim-
plest Cases
4 Investigation of Fundamental Relations for the
Simplest Case (X ~ 1, 1f! = 0, 26 - 1)
333
5. Conception of Other Methods of Solution
3143
6. Solution of the Fundamental Problem of Interior
Ballistics on Basis of Physical Law of Burning
,47
Section VII. Numerical Methods of Solution
Application of Numerical Analysis in Interior Ballistics
360
1. Numerical Integration by Finite Differences
361
2. Solution by Expansion in a Taylor's Series
392
Section VIII. Empirical Methods of Solution
1. Monomial and Differential Formulas 402
2. Empirical Formulas and Tables 408
Section IX, Tabular Methods for Solution of the Problem in Interior.
Ballistics
1. Significance of Tabular Methods of Solution for Ar-
tillery Practice
2. Tables for Determination of Fundamental Elements of
Firing
3. Detailed Tables for Plotting Curves for Pressure
and Velocities
4. Tables Based on Generalized Formulas With a Decreased
Number of Parameters and With Relative Derivatives 439
5. Basic Information From the Theory of Similarity 446
Section X. Ballistic Design of Guns
General Considerations
1. Initial Data
450
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2. Theoretical Fundamentals of Ballistic Designing
3. Application of Relations obtained to Practical
Designing
4. Additional Information
PART 3. SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS
OF INTERIOR BALLISTICS-IN COMPLICATED CASES
Section XI. Complicated Cases
1. Solution for Case of Combined Charges 517
2. Solution Considering Gradual Cutting of a.Rotating
Band Into Rifling of a Bore
3, Solution of Interior Ballistics Problem for Trench
Mortars
Section XII. Guns With Conical Bore
1. Basic Features and Ballistic Properties of Barrels
With Conical Bores
2. Method for Solution of Interior Ballistics Problem
3. Ballistic Design of Conical Barrels
1. Tables for Determining Burned Portion of a Charge When Powder Burns
at Constant Volume
2. Tables of Professor N. F. Drozdov
3. Tables of M. S. Gorokhov
4. Tables of Function S Z B j d ~g
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