PROCEEDINGS OF THE SIXTH SYMPOSIUM ON HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT, 30 APRIL-2 May 1963, CLEVELAND, OHIO, VOLUME 1

Abstract

Contents: A critique of accelerator techniques for hypervelocity impact; Experimental and theoretical studies on the interior ballistics of light gas guns; An investigation of the performance of a compression heater for use with gun tunnels or hypervelocity launchers; Computer analysis of two-stage hypervelocity model launchers; NRL hypervelocity accelerator development; Performance of a three stage arc heated light gas gun; Hypervelocity augmentation techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0423798

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Launching
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Projectiles
  • Shaped Charges
  • Spacecraft

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow