modeling of gas flow and heat transfer in small arms ......laurie a. florio, ph.d. us army ardec...
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Laurie A. Florio, Ph.D.US ARMY ARDEC
Picatinny Arsenal, NJ [email protected]
May 20, 2009
Modeling of Gas Flow and Heat Transfer in
Small Arms Weapons Systems
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Topics Covered
• Modeling and simulation in small arms systems• Goals and capabilities• Advantages
• Gas flow and heat transfer in small arms systems• Barrel heating• Muzzle devices• Gas flow internal to weapon systems
• Conclusions• Future work
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Modeling and Simulation of Small Arms Systems
Virtual analysis of weapon functionLoading, Chambering, Firing
Engraving and Launch
Mechanism and Kinematics
Weapon Dynamics
Terminal Ballistics
Extraction and Ejection
Fluid flow and heat transfer are involved in all of these functions
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Modeling and Simulation of Small Arms Systems
• Advantages of modeling • Test concepts before building prototype• Isolate certain effects and understand how
they influence system operation• Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
advantages Visualization of the velocity,
temperature, pressure Measurements at any location without
restrictions
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Fluid flow and heat transfer modeling in small arms systems
Current capabilities of fluid flow and heat transfer modeling in small arms systems
• 1. Barrel heating• 2. Muzzle devices• 3. Gas flow internal to the weapons system
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Heat transfer to barrel
1. Barrel heating
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1. Modeling barrel heat transfer
Used to estimate the barrel temperature for a given firing schedule•a. CFD model determines gas conditions as bullet moves along the barrel
CFD gas flow model heat input per round
•b. Results used to estimate heat transfer to barrel during one shot•c. Apply heat input per round to heat conduction model of barrel
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1. Barrel heat transfer
•Simulate:
•Any number of rounds
•Evaluate barrel performance
•Evaluate heat mitigation concepts
•M4/ M240
Temperature near chamber
Temperature near muzzle
Temperature at a point vs. time
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2. Gas flow through muzzle devices
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2. Models of gas flow through muzzle devices
Bare MuzzleBare Muzzle Flash Suppressor
Velocity Contour Animations
Simulate movement of bullet along barrel and through muzzle device
• Determine gas velocity, temperature, and pressure distributions
• Compare blast patterns, resulting forces
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A. Comparison to Shadowgraphs and System with and Without Muzzle devices
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Bare Muzzle – Density Contours
t= 0 mst= 50 ms
t= 100 ms
Shadowgraphs from Schmidt ARBRL-TR-02373, 1981.
Compared well with additional shadowgraphs from Baur and Schmidt BRL-MR-3513, 1986.
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M16 Muzzle Device – Density Contours
t=0 ms
t=100 ms
Compared well with shadowgraphs from Baur and Schmidt BRL-MR-3513, 1986.
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B. Differences in flow and pressure field with muzzle device with four expansion chambers
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Velocity Contours
Three chambers – 1st three times as large
Two expansion chambers
Baseline – bare muzzle
Four expansion chambers
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Pressure Results
Baseline – bare muzzle
Four expansion chambersPressures at point vs. time different arrangements
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3. Gas flow through weapon system and mechanism actuation
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3. Gas flow internal to weapon system
Model:• From start of bullet motion to time bolt unlocking is
approached• Motion of bullet and operating group included• Used to :
• Visualize the flow field• Estimate pressures, temperatures, flow rates at
important locations in the system• Estimate acting fluid forces • Estimate bolt/bolt carrier velocities• M4, M16, M249
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A. Gas flow and weapon system mechanism actuation
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Animations M249
Velocity
Temperature
Pressure
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M16 Velocity Contour Animations
Cavity
Velocity Contours
Port
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Pressure results
M249 results
M16 data
Pressure results compared to experiment
Bolt carrier motion results compared to experiment
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B. Particle flow carried by gas flow in M4
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Flow of particles in weapon gas system
•Identify areas prone to erosion or build up
Particle follow path along downstream side of port
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Flow of particles in weapon gas system
•Erosion most likely on downstream side of the port-corresponds to areas where port erosion has been noted
•Virtually investigate how changes in geometry alter characteristics
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Conclusions
• CFD modeling can be used to “test” designs in virtual environment
• Evaluate barrel temperature• Evaluate muzzle device designs• Understand and estimate gas flow through
weapons systems• Reduces number of physical tests • Provides basis for design improvements and new
designs• Provides insight and understanding of current weapon
system operation
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Future Work
• Long term goals: Integrate fluid flow models directly with mechanism and stress analysis/dynamics
• Continue to develop and apply gas flow and heat transfer models
Gas flow internal to weapon system
Gas flow exiting from
weapon system
Gas flow within barrel and heat flow
through barrel
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Laurie Florio, Ph.D.
US Army ARDEC
Technology Branch
Small and Medium Caliber Armaments Division