Optimum design of control system in recoil mechanisms

Abstract

The various parameters in the design of a control system in a conventional type of recoil mechanism have been optimized for minimum weight and the ideal form of velocity space variation during runout has been derived. A theoretical analysis for some of the equipments in service reveals that their actual values are very nearly the same as those given by theory except for the ratio l by di which are lower than those theoretically suggested indicating that wide margins of safety against buckling have been used in their design.