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FIN-STABILIZED PROJECTILE [1 record]

Record 1 2021-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

All Army mortar cannons are smooth bore and fire fin-stabilized projectiles.

Key term(s)
  • fin-stabilised projectile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

Pour les projectiles empennés, le centre de pression se trouve en arrière du centre de gravité, ce qui lui confère une stabilité intrinsèque (le projectile est alors gyroscopiquement stable). Le mouvement de rotation autour de l'axe n'est dès lors plus nécessaire pour stabiliser le projectile, puisque la résistance de l'air assure l'alignement de l'axe longitudinal avec le vecteur vitesse.

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