The armoured vehicles manufacturers (AVMs) in the Gulf States encounter many difficulties related to their current performance, their customers' circumstances and the interactions between them. The AVMs are Small and Medium ...

In this work torque vectoring methods are used to compensate for a low performance steer-by-wire system. Currently a number of vehicle manufacturers are considering introducing steer-by-wire into their range of vehicles. ...

High pressure vessels such as gun barrels are autofrettaged in order to increase their operating pressure and fatigue life. Autofrettage causes plastic expansion of the inner section of the cylinder – setting up residual ...

The influence of both the bullet jacket and projectile core hardness for 12.7-mm armour piercing (AP) rounds has been investigated using a variety of different experiments with the aim of optimising projectile performance. ...

This project has been sponsored by QinetiQ Limited (QinetiQ); whose aim it is to model the dynamics of a prototype high-speed military tracked vehicle. Specifically their objective is to describe the mechanism by which ...

Small calibre projectiles are spin-stabilised to increase ballistic stability, often at high frequencies. Due to hardware limitations, conventional actuators and meth ods are unable to provide satisfactory control at such ...

There is an underpinning requirement for artillery systems to achieve longer range, better precision, and an adequate lethal effect. The main objective of this research is to investigate various methods of range increase ...