04574nam a22005775i 4500 978-3-662-69237-0 DE-He213 20251030112702.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240731s2024 gw | s |||| 0|eng d 9783662692370 978-3-662-69237-0 10.1007/978-3-662-69237-0 doi QC120-168.85 QA808.2 PHD bicssc SCI041000 bisacsh PHD thema Kneubuehl, Beat P. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 81636 Ballistics [electronic resource] : Theory and Practice / by Beat P. Kneubuehl. 1st ed. 2024. Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XXXI, 424 p. 255 illus., 6 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1 Introduction -- 2 Physical basics -- 3 Interior ballistics -- 4 Intermediate ballistics -- 5 Exterior ballistics -- 6 An outline of terminal ballistics -- 7 Ricochets -- 8 Special applications of ballistics. This work provides comprehensive, practice-oriented coverage of ballistics. It explains the principles and calculation methods for the main four areas of ballistics, regardless of calibre, drawing on numerous facts, observations and examples from the author’s decades of experience. Interior ballistics: The characteristics of explosive materials (detonating agents and propellants), methods for calculating gas pressure and the velocity of projectiles and rockets during the acceleration phase, alternative systems for accelerating projectiles and the acceleration of fragments. Intermediate ballistics: The dynamics of the moment at which the projectile leaves the muzzle and propellant gas is ejected from the barrel, effects on the person or structure supporting the weapon and approaches to resolving questions regarding shots from close range in criminology and forensic medicine. Exterior ballistics: The forces acting on a projectile and methods for calculating them, models for calculating trajectories (including the ballistic coefficient), gyroscopic projectile stabilization theory and aerodynamic optimization of projectiles. Terminal ballistics: Empirically-derived facts and data. The principles of ballistic protection design, ballistic testing problems and possible solutions and a comprehensive discussion of ricochets – a matter of considerable importance in forensics. The book is intended for ballisticians, military personnel, police officers, criminologists, shooting range specialists, sport shooters, hunters and anyone else with an interest in ballistics. Beat P. Kneubuehl holds a PhD in forensic science and a master’s degree in mathematics. For 33 years he was head of the Ballistic Science Unit at the Ballistics, Weapons and Ammunition Test Centre of the Swiss Ministry of Defence. He developed key ballistics software and frequently played a leading role in range tests involving every calibre of munition. He devoted himself to the problems of ballistic protection and the effects of projectiles under the auspices of the European Committee for Standardization and of NATO. After completing a doctorate in forensic science, he added forensic ballistics to his field of activity. His earlier publications include the standard work Wound Ballistics: Basics and Applications (also published by Springer-Verlag). Mechanics. 68102 Forensic sciences. 68667 Physics. 61293 Politics and war. 68300 Criminology. 58246 Classical Mechanics. 68103 Forensic Science. 68668 Classical and Continuum Physics. 68791 Military and Defence Studies. 68301 Crime Control and Security. 67070 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783662692363 Printed edition: 9783662692387 Printed edition: 9783662692394 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-69237-0 ZDB-2-PHA ZDB-2-SXP 62095 62095