SHAPED CHARGE HYPERVELOCITY PROJECTOR ADVANCEMENT AND DATA GATHERING.

Abstract

The Eglin hypervelocity range was modified to incorporate vacuum-pumping equipment capable of simulating a pressure equivalent to an altitude of 200,000 ft. within the test chamber. Tests were conducted to verify performance of these modifications and to train Air Force personnel in the techniques and intricacies of data accumulation using the explosive shaped charge projector. At the Chino Hills Laboratory approximately two hundred explosive shaped charge projector experiments were conducted, with particular emphasis given to increasing the mass, velocity, and dispersion of projectiles formed by these projectors. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0607133

Entities

People

  • R. R. Randall

Organizations

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Altitude
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Dispersions
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Materials
  • Projectiles
  • Research Facilities
  • Shaped Charges
  • Weapons Support Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Educational Psychology
  • Explosive Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow