DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM FOR MEASURING ARTILLERY RECOIL DISPLACEMENT AND VELOCITY

Abstract

The design, construction and testing of an electromechanical system for obtaining simultaneous analogs of artillery recoil displacement and velocity with conventional recording oscillographs are described. The system consists of a transducer and associated electronic circuitry. The transducer is based on the variable reluctance principle. Displacement is obtained by connecting it electrically as the variable leg in a wheatstone bridge. Velocity is obtained with an electronic circuit based on the resistance-capacitance-differentiator principle. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 19, 1961
Accession Number
AD0268622

Entities

People

  • A.c. Hanson
  • E.e. Lewis
  • J.c. Hanson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Capacitance
  • Circuits
  • Construction
  • Displacement
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Oscillographs
  • Resistance
  • Transducers

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Geodesy
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems