Ballistics

Ballistics is the science of projectiles as they travel from launcher to target. Internal ballistics covers the time from trigger to the end of the launcher tube. Transitional ballistics involves the moments just before and just after the projectile leaves the launcher. External ballistics the motion once the projectile has left the launcher.

My main interest is primarily in the ballistics of small arms through to longer range larger projectiles in the 120 mm class with the focus on improving the efficiency, effectiveness and accuracy of these arms from point blank to their maximum effective range. Much of this work is based in computer modeling and simulation, but this is being expanded to incorporate range data.

There are many small details in the ballistics world that if left unstudied can lead to the creation of a lot of misinformation. One objective of my work is to look at these small details an see where they will lead.

Some of this work is listed here:

Modeling Index-Adjustable Iron Sights

Demonstrating the effects of bullet expansion in a fluid target