A METHOD OF OBTAINING A MASSIVE HYPERVELOCITY PELLET FROM A SHAPED CHARGE JET

Abstract

A method of isolating the tip of a shaped charge jet is described. The tip, thus isolated, provides a massive pellet for research in the field of hypervelocity impact. Aluminum pellets of 3.2 to 4.0 grams mass with velocities between 7.57 and 10.95mm/micro sec (25,059 and 35,478 ft/sec) were produced with a 3.33-in. diameter Composition B charge. For one charge design, in which sufficient observations were made, the standard deviation of the velocity was only 0.10mm/micro sec. Shaped charge scaling laws predict that pellets in the order of hundreds of grams can be ejected at equivalent velocities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0425673

Entities

People

  • A. Merendino
  • J. M. Regan
  • S. Kronman

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Corporations
  • Explosives
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • Microsecond Time
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • New York
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Space Systems
  • Standards
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow