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Recoil Mechanisms

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• Ordnance Dept.Doc.No.2035 Theory and Design of Recoil Systems and Gun Carriages (September 1921); 1011 pages, 100+illus. Price 100.00 {Item No.4087} [Includes: Chapter I. Introduction and Elements - Types of Cannon and Carriages - Classification of Carriages and Recoil Systems. Chapter II. Dynamics of Interior Ballistic as Affecting Recoil Design - The Parabolic Trajectory. Chapter III. External Reaction on Carriage during Recoil - Stability - Jump. Chapter IV. Internal Reactions throughout a Gun Carriage during Recoil and Counter Recoil. Chapter V. Hydraulic Principles as Applied to Various Systems of Recoil and Counter Recoil - General Theories of Orifices and Flow of Oil. Chatper VI. The Dynamics of Recoil and Counter Recoil - Differential Equations of Resistance, Braking, ect. and Velocity - General Formulas for Recoil and Counter Recoil. Chapter VII. Classification of Recoil Systems - Derivation of General Formulas for Design and Computation - General Limitations, ect.. Chapter VIII. Hydro-pneumatic Recoil Systems. Chapter IX. Hydro-pneumatic Recoil Systems (Continued). Chapter X. Railway Gun Carriages. Chapter XI. Gun Lift Carriages. Chapter XII. Double Recoil Systems. Chapter XIII. Miscellaneous Problems - Discussions of Various Types of Carriages. General Design Procedure][This is a complex Engineering textbook]

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