Abstract. This study was designed to determine the extent to which
aerodynamic interactions affect the pellet pattern from shotguns as this
has considerable influence on their impact. After the characteristic separation
of pellets was obtained from their probability densities, the detailed
flow field was obtained using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis.
The reported initial results illustrate the influence that the wake
of preceding pellets has on the trajectory of trailing pellets.
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Projectiles, firepower and protection
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