• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.728-735
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• 2015

A gas gun system to replicate the flight motions of large caliber spin-stabilized ammunition has been investigated experimentally and numerically. The system is specially designed to study aerodynamic characteristics and dynamics of a flight body ejected from a cargo shell or a subsonic projectile itself at up to 2,000 rpm and 100 m/s. Raynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with a overset mesh technique and 6-DOF dynamics were solved to decide the chamber pressure according to the muzzle velocity input by users. The predicted velocity values show less than 6 % of discrepancies compared to experimental data. The system has successfully been tested for the simulation of deployment of a parafoil for a 155 mm gun-launched projectile.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2010.11a
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• pp.359-362
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• 2010

BBU for 155mm projectile has been verified its stable performance and quality reliability through the production for several years. We have researched substitution test for flight test of BBU. Through this research, we expect the verification of quality stability and other collateral effect like the cost reduction and delivery on time.