MASSIVE HYPERVELOCITY PARTICLES BY ELECTRICAL MEANS

Abstract

This report includes: CONDENSATION OF EXPLODING SPHERES, WIRES AND FILMS, by Saul Feldman. 25 Nov 60, (EOS rept. no. 470-MR-2) Work concerned: (1) electrically exploding conducting materials to create a plasma of very high density where an appreciable fraction of the plasma is moving at a velocity above 25 km/sec using relatively small scale energy storage units, and (2) the coupling of small projectiles weighing more than a microgram to these flow. Chemical explosives can form very high density gases, but the kinetic velocity of the gas molecules which is closely related to the resultant jet velocity is limited to a few kilometers per second, although velocities of the order of 10 km/sec can be achieved using shaped charge configurations. Placing additional energy into gas flows by electrical augmentation, such as in electrical light gas guns also was investigated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 13, 1961
Accession Number
AD0271711

Entities

People

  • Henry H. Hilton
  • Paul H. Levine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Explosives
  • Energetic Materials
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Explosives
  • Flow
  • Gas Flow
  • Gas Guns
  • Guns
  • High Density
  • Light Gas Guns
  • Materials
  • Shaped Charges

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow