624A SOLID-PROPELLANT MOTOR IMPACT TEST

Abstract

This report documents a test conducted on the Supersonic Naval Ordnance Research Track (SNORT), at the request of the Space Systems Division of the Air Force Systems Command, to obtain information relating to the hazard potential of the 624A solid-propellant motor. (Two multi segment 624A motors are to be used as the zero stage of the Titan III C vehicle.) The test item, a preprototype, heavy case, static firing version of the 624A motor equipped with a single center segment, was impacted at a velocity of 667 fps into a concrete, steel, and earth target placed 100 ft from the muzzle end of the track. The test approximated a fall-back condition from an altitude in excess of 10,000 ft with impact on a hard surface. Test setup, procedures, results, and conclusions are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0608884

Entities

People

  • Frederick H. Weals
  • Robert F. Vorwerk

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Blast
  • Blast Waves
  • California
  • Cameras
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Concrete
  • Ignition
  • Impact Tests
  • Instrumentation
  • Munitions
  • Records
  • Solid Propellants
  • Space Systems
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster