About the First Integral in the Classical Problem of External Ballistics
- Authors: Lokshin B.Y.1, Samsonov V.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Issue: Vol 88, No 2 (2024)
- Pages: 190-197
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://jdigitaldiagnostics.com/0032-8235/article/view/675062
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S0032823524020024
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/XVFMFK
- ID: 675062
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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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About the authors
B. Ya. Lokshin
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Author for correspondence.
Email: blokshin@imec.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
V. A. Samsonov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Email: samson@imec.msu.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
References
- Leonhard Euler. Ballistics Studies. Moscow: GIFML, 1961. 590 p. (in Russian)
- 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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- Chernozubov A.D., Kirichenko V.D., Razin I.I. et al. External Ballistics. Vol. 1. Moscow: Dzerzhinsky VAIA Pub., 1954. 463 p.
- Guskov A.V., Milevsky K.E., Sotenko A.V. External Ballistics. Novosibirsk: NSTU Pub., 2010. 188 p.
- 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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