Resources
Journal papers
Rohrbach, Z. J., T. R. Buresh, and M. J. Madsen (2012), "Modeling the exit velocity of a compressed air cannon," Am. J. Phys. 80 (1), 24 - 6.
Ayars, E. and L. Buchholtz (2004), "Analysis of the vacuum cannon," Am. J. Phys. 72 (7), 961-963.
Chemin, A., P. Besserve, A. Caussarieu, N. Taberlet, and N. Plihon (2017), "Magnetic cannon: the physics of the gauss rifle," Am. J. Phys. 85 (7), 495 - 502.
Poschel, T., D. S. Nasato, E. J. R. Parteli, J. A. C. Gallas, and P. Muller (2019), "Ping-pong ball cannon: why do barrel and balls fly in the same direction?," Am. J. Phys. 87 (4), 255 - 63.
Thuecks, D. J. and H. A. Demas (2019), "Modeling the effect of air-intake aperture size in the ping-pong ball cannon," Am. J. Phys. 87(2), 136 - 40.
Courtney, E. D. S. and M. W. Courtney (2013), "Studying the internal ballistics of a combustion-driven potato cannon using high-speed video," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 34 (4), 915 - 20.
Mungan, C. E. (2009), "Internal ballistics of a pneumatic potato cannon," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 30 (3), 453 - 7.
Denny, M. (2013), "Gas gun Dynamics," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 34 (5), 1327 - 36.
Hinaje, M. and D. Netter (2006), "Influence of the projectiles' material in a coilgun," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 27 (5), 1097 - 109.
Barnes, G. (1974), "Projectile gun for an air-track glider," Phys. Teach. 12 (3), 177.
Lee, J., W. S. Lee, and E. Shin (2019), "Simplifying the vacuum bazooka," Phys. Educ. (UK) 54 (3), 033002 (5 pp.) .