A Study on Analysis and Experiment of Composite Overwrapped Barrel

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

SAFE is the abbreviation of operational procedure of weapon systems; see, aim, fire and eliminate. Reduction of weight of weapon systems helps obtain better performance on the steps of "aim" and "fire" out of the four steps.
High strength steels have been normally used for conventional large caliber weapon systems. For the purpose of lightweight large caliber weapons, various materials could be concerned such as aluminum alloys, titanium alloys and advanced composite materials. By using composite materials for gun tubes, some benefits could be achieved. First, it basically helps reduce the overall weight of the weapon system as well as that of the gun tube itself. Second, smaller drive systems may be used. Third, better aiming accuracy could be achieved.
As the first stage of the development of full scale gun tube with composite materials, a subscale thick-walled cylinder was manufactured and tested.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Composite overwrapped thickwalled cylinders
• 3. Conclusions
• References