Design of Special Damping Inserts for Additively Manufactured Small Arms Silencers. Part I - Analysis of Selected Designs

<ns3:p>As part of this project, comprehensive studies of flows were conducted for various proposed design variants, taking into ac-count defined parameters accompanying the firing phenomenon. The research was aimed at collecting data on the behavior of flows inside suppressor cartridges under conditions associated with the firing process. Parameters such as pressure, temperature, velocity and properties of individual geometries were systematically recorded and analyzed. Obtained results formed the basis for the analysis, allowing the comparison of different design variants and evaluation of their effectiveness. In addition, a comparison was made between the designed inserts dedicated to incremental manufacturing and the comparative inserts fabricated by the existing technology of cavity machining. Part I contains an analysis of selected designs of silencers for small arms, and technologies of additive manufacturing, and materials which can be used in construction of silencer components.</ns3:p>