Open AccessNumerical Analysis of the Effects of the Geometric and Weight Parameters on the Exterior Ballistics of a Designed Counterprojectile
Author(s) -
Jakub Michalski,
Zbigniew Surma,
Marta Czyżewska
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
problemy mechatroniki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2720-5266
pISSN - 2081-5891
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0009.8996
Subject(s) - warhead , deliverable , aerospace engineering , aerodynamics , simulation , tensegrity , path (computing) , motion (physics) , computer science , engineering , structural engineering , systems engineering , artificial intelligence , programming language
This paper presents a selection of deliverables of a research project intended to develop a technology demonstrator for an active protection system smart counterprojectile. Numerical simulations were completed to analyse the effects of geometry and weight of the counterprojectile warhead on the counterprojectile flight (motion) parameters. This paper investigates four variants of the counterprojectile warhead shape and three variants of the counterprojectile warhead weight. Given the investigated geometric and weight variants, the PRODAS software environment was used to develop geometric models of the counterprojectile warhead,followed by the determination of the model aerodynamic characteristics. The final deliverable of this work are the results of the numerical simulation of the counterprojectile motion along the initial flight path length. Given the required activation of the active protection system in direct proximity of the protected object, the analyses of counterprojectile motion parameters were restricted to a distance of ten-odd metres from the counterprojectile launching system.