The detrimental effect of autofrettage on externally cracked modern tank gun barrels

Overstraining gun tubes has a twofold advantage. First, it enables the increase of the Safe Maximum Pressure (SMP) in the tube, resulting in a higher muzzle velocity which extends the gun's range and its projectile kinetic energy. Second, it reduces the tube's susceptibility to internal cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M. Perl, T. Saley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-04-01
Series:Defence Technology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214914718304586