SHOCK AND COMBUSTION-WAVE DYNAMICS IN AN IMPLOSION-DRIVEN HYPERVELOCITY LAUNCHER.
Abstract
In order to solve many existing problems in planetary entry it is necessary to have facilities that are capable of launching undamaged projectiles at hypervelocities in excess of 50,000 ft/sec. Unfortunately, conventional lightgas guns appear to have reached a velocity plataeu of about 30,000 ft/sec or less for launching integral aerodynamic models. It is shown that by a novel application of combustion-wave and shock-wave dynamics in gases and explosives that it is theoretically possible to achieve projectile velocities in the desired hypervelocity range. Some details are presented of the analysis, facility, and the research results obtained to date on spherical combustion of stoichiometric mixtures of oxygen and hydrogen diluted with helium or hydrogen, the initiation of propellants and explosives by using deflagration and detonation waves, and some initial launchings. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0622693
Entities
People
- Irvine I. Glass
Organizations
- University of Toronto