LIGHT-GAS GUN FOR PRODUCTION OF SHOCK PRESSURE IN SOLIDS

Abstract

A 4-in. air gas gun modified to use light gases is capable of accelerating 150-gm masses to 4000 fps as a routine operation. Photoelectric means are employed to measure the projectile velocity to + or - 1 percent. The first application provided normal impacts of flat-faced projectiles to produce a continuous range of shock pressures in solids.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 15, 1961
Accession Number
AD0263890

Entities

People

  • H. R. Kollmeyer

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Guns
  • Breech Mechanisms
  • Circuits
  • Control Panels
  • Electrical Properties
  • Firing Circuits
  • Gas Guns
  • Gate Valves
  • Government Procurement
  • Guns
  • High Pressure
  • Light Gas Guns
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • ballistics.