Analysis of characterization and performance of material for small arms barrel

There are some aspects to be considered in the ideal of designing a modern gun barrel. One of the main factors is the right chosen of materials to make the barrel. Gun barrel operates under very stored energy either which is more than 450 MPa compressing the gas and explosion of the high-pressure environment. During the process of firing, the gun barrel incapable to withstand of high pressure it may occur to fail. In this research, an experiments are work is conducted to determine the mechanical, physical, and chemical properties of Unknown Material. The results of the experiment are then compared to the mechanical, physical and chemical properties of the common material used for making small arms gun barrel namely AISI 4340 and AISI 4140. It can be seem that there minor difference value in term of Young’s modulus, yield strength, and ultimate tensile strength, for these three materials. By using the experiment of data the 3D model of the gun barrel will perform static analysis using ANSYS to observe either it fails or not. This thesis deals with the analysis of the gun barrel for the given boundary condition.