About the First Integral in the Classical Problem of External Ballistics

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Abstract

The transcendental first integral of the classical problem of external ballistics has been retrieved from oblivion. A change of variables was proposed that transformed the integral to a compact form. This allowed for reducing the solution of the problem to constructive quadratures.

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B. Ya. Lokshin

Lomonosov Moscow State University

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Email: blokshin@imec.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

V. A. Samsonov

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Email: samson@imec.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

References

  1. Leonhard Euler. Ballistics Studies. Moscow: GIFML, 1961. 590 p. (in Russian)
  2. Lokshin B.Ya., Samsonov V.A. The Problem of the Motion of a Body in a Resisting Medium. Qualitative Analysis. Moscow: MSU, 2012. (in Russian)
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  5. Guskov A.V., Milevsky K.E., Sotenko A.V. External Ballistics. Novosibirsk: NSTU Pub., 2010. 188 p.
  6. Lokshin B.Ya., Samsonov V.A. On the approximation of the flight path of a ballistic object // Izv. RA RAN, 2023, no. 3, pp. 38–43.

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