Energy Transfer Optimization in the Case of Single-Stage Acceleration of a Piston by Compressed Gas

Abstract

The limiting possibilities and energy efficiency of single-stage acceleration of a piston by compressed gas in a barrel (ballistic Lagrange problem) is under study. An exact partial solution of the ballistic Lagrange problem in a homogeneous deformation approximation is obtained. The calculation results are compared by different methods with the experimental data and the calculation results from other papers. It is shown that the use of an efficiency coefficient as a criterion for choosing an optimal solution prevents from determining the effective configurations of ballistic launchers.