Preparation, Characterization and Performance Analysis of BTO Based High Yield Strength Electro-Rheological Fluid in Artillery Gun Recoil System Using FEA Approach.

Abstract

For artillery gun, the disadvantages of passive recoil system like low firing rate and not able to fire precisely at different firing angle as it is designed for the particular load can be overcome by proposed semi-active smart recoil system, because of its adjustable damping force depends on properties of smart material. In this paper, design, development and performance of this smart recoil system are given. Synthesis and characterization of high yield strength electrorheological (ER) fluid are done by using sol-gel, doping methods, and X-Ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, rheometer techniques respectively. Based on the computational results it has been proved that smart recoil system performs significantly better compared to conventional recoil system.