GUN MUZZLE BLAST AND FLASH COMPUTER CODE

TECHNIQUES ARE BEING SOUGHT TO REDUCE GUN MUZZLE SIGNATURE. THE ELEMENTS OF THIS SIGNATURE ARE SHOCK WAVES AND VISIBLE LIGHT. THE SIGNATURE BETRAYS LOCATION, HINDERS GUN CREW PERFORMANCE, AND DETERIORATES GUN MECHANISMS. A COMPUTER CODE WILL BE DEVELOPED TO DESCRIBE THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE SIGNATURE PROBLEM. EXISTING COMPUTER MODULES IN USE AT BELTRAN, INC. WILL EXPEDITE THE PROGRAM. THESE INCLUDE CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM, CHEMICAL KINETICS, COMBUSTION GAS PROPERTIES, AND MODERN GENERALIZED CFD CODES. THE MODEL WILL BE SET UP EMPLOYING PARALLEL PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES.