ENERGY MEASURING SYSTEM FOR XM5 TIMER,

Abstract

The design and fabrication of a system to measure the kinetic energy of the firing pin in the XM5 Timer was accomplished using velocity transducers with appropriate read-out equipment. Experimental evaluation indicated that this technique rendered an accuracy of better than 2%. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0600189

Entities

People

  • Abraham Mastbaum
  • Earl Straway
  • Edward Gibbs

Organizations

  • Picatinny Arsenal

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Actuators
  • Electrical Equipment
  • Energy
  • Fabrication
  • Firing Pins
  • Gun Support Equipment
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Mechanical Equipment
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Transducers
  • Weapons Support Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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