AMCP 706-242, ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK: DESIGN FOR CONTROL OF PROJECTILE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS (26-SEP-1966)

AMCP 706-242, ENGINEERING DESIGN HANDBOOK: DESIGN FOR CONTROL OF PROJECTILE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS (26-SEP-1966)., This 1966 handbook presents a general survey of the principal factors affecting the flight of projectiles, and describes the methods commonly used for predicting and influencing the flight performance. The coefficients which characterize the aerodynamic forces and moments on a moving body are identified, methods of determining the coefficients applicable to a projectile having a given shape and center of gravity location are described, and the coefficients of a number of projectiles and projectile shapes are given. The use of aerodynamic coefficients in predicting stability, range and accuracy is described. The effects of variations in projectile shape and center of gravity location on range, accuracy and lethality are discussed. Some material on prototype testing and the effects of round-to-round variations in production lots is presented.