Simulation Studies on Timing-Oriented Performance of a New Feeding System

A new type of feeding system for naval-gun was proposed, which integrated such functions as supplying, retreating, complementing and replacing of projectiles. The new design realized a TO design with full feeding step, full retreating step, full replacing step and a re-allocation of the running time of all the operation steps. Then a dynamic modeling of the proposed system and the relevant performance simulation were carried out. The simulation was in such conditions: the first feeding cycle, continuous cycle, replacement cycle were 1.62s, 1.02s and 5.77s, respectively, and the average projectile feeding rate was greater than 50rds (including replacing rate of 2rds in one feeding cycle). Results showed that, the performance for the first feeding cycle, intermittent feeding cycle, projectile replacement cycle agreed with the prescribed requirements. So the timing-sequence system reduces the interface impact between work steps, and greatly optimizes the structural performance and provides a quick and effective reference to the systemic design.