HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT EXPERIMENT.

Abstract

The objectives of this experiment were to establish the feasibility of hypervelocity impact fuzing using piezoelectric transducers and to develop a relatively inexpensive and controlled means of evaluating and testing hypervelocity impact fuze systems, at hypersonic speeds of 6600 fps and above, in a full-scale or near full-scale simulated reentry vehicle. To meet the objectives, Air Force Missile Development Center (AFMDC) developed a Mach 6 sled capable of carrying a 100-lb payload to impact. An instrumentation system that would monitor within the nose cone the arrival and propagation time of the precursor shock wave upon impact was developed at the Air Force Weapons Laboratory (AFWL).

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0481114

Entities

People

  • C. F. Hottinger
  • G. F. Jacobs
  • William J. Moulds

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Hypervelocity Impact
  • Impact
  • Impact Fuzes
  • Nose Cones
  • Piezoelectric Transducers
  • Reentry Vehicles
  • Shock Waves
  • Transducers
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences
  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow