PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH SYMPOSIUM ON HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT, DENVER, OCTOBER 30, 31, NOVEMBER 1, 1961, VOLUME I - PART I

Abstract

Contents: Summary of NRL accelerator development Interior ballistics of hypervelocity projectors instrumented light gas gun and traveling charge gun Experiments with a two million volt electrostatic accelerator Studies of hypervelocity impact of metals Some theoretical models of hypervelocity Inertial, viscous and plastic effects in high speed impact A theoretical study of dynamic plastic deforma tion under impact loads Hydrodynamics applied to hypervelocity impact Penetration by hypervelocity particles A model of non- explosive impact Application of hydrodynamic theory to the low stress range of hypervelocity impact problems Visco-plastic flow theory in hypervelocity perforation of plates

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0284282

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Birds
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Equations Of State
  • Explosives
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Physical Theories
  • Plastic Properties
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Thermodynamics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics