External Ballistics

Catalog description

Description: This course focuses on the motion of a projectile in the air. Course topics include vacuum trajectory, aiming principles and devices, aerodynamic forces and moments, ballistic coefficient, flat-tire point-mass trajectory, weather, Coriolis effects, gyroscopic effect, point-mass trajectory, pitching and yawing motion, measurement of projectile speed and environmental conditions, long-range shooting, and project. May not be used for degree credit with MET 5723 .