Aircraft Ballistics
Abbreviation: ZRBALIST Load: 45(L) + 30(E) + 0(LE) + 0(S) + 0(FLE) + 0(PEE)
Lecturers in charge:
Lecturers: izv. prof. dr. sc. Mirko Jakopčić ( Lectures )
Miro Vulić ( Exercises )
Course description: Inner ballistics. Foundations of outside ballistics. The basic features of targeting and shooting in the air. Rocket missile trajectory features. Missile guidance systems. Aircraft bomb ballistics. Scattering of hits. Aircraft maneuvering for shooting at ground targets with bombs, missiles, and guns. Maneuver for shooting at targets in the air with guns and missiles. Gunpowder and explosives. Aircraft Armament: Shooting, Missile and Bombardment. Classification of ordnance. Acting at sea. Weapon camera. Aircraft sights and targeting equipment. Checking and adjusting weapons. Evaluation of the object of action. Computational dimensions of the object of action. Likelihood of hitting objects of action. Medium required number of hits. Likelihood of destruction of objects of action. The order in which calculations for engaging of ground targets by missile, bombs, or guns is performed. Familiarity with the parts and structural features of combat missiles. Mathematical calculation of path elements for target shooting in the air. Mathematical calculation of elements of trajectories and drop points of aircraft bombs. Mathematical calculation of probable missile deflections and calculation of the area of displacement of hits. Mathematical determination of the sector of possible attacks.
Lecture languages: - - -
Compulsory literature:
1. Grgić, S.: Balističke osnove gađanja, raketiranja i bombardiranja iz zraka, Zagreb, 1996. Zarić, V.: Osnove konstrukcije zrakoplovnog naoružanja sa gađanjem, raketiranjem i bombardiranjem, Fakultet prometnih znanosti, Zagreb, 1997.
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Legend
L - Lectures
E - Exercises
LE - Laboratory exercises
S - Seminar
FLE - Practical foreign language exercises
PEE - Physical education excercises
* - Not graded