摘要
Electro-thermal accelerator uses high-voltage arc energy to heat the actuating medium, it being made from low-molecular weight material. Projectile acceleration is achieved by expansion of the actuating medium. Numerical method for calculating interior ballistics uses Lagrangian coordinates there the conservation of momentum and the energy balance are solved. A statement of the energy balance reflects the second law of thermodynamics. Lagrangian different grid and scheme for numerical calculation were used. Fully explicit scheme was employed. The solving includes two stability conditions： Courant and shock （artificial viscosity）. Numerical results were compared with the experimental research for pressure in the barrel in electro-thermal accelerator.
