Hypervelocity Research Program.

Abstract

The report describes a program aimed at the development of a type of high explosive projector capable of accelerating small particles to velocities high enough to simulate meteoroids. It describes a modified type of shaped charge projector that is capable of producing a small cluster of spherical particles having a total mass of approximately 0.07 grams moving at a velocity of 43,000 feet per second. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0715609

Entities

People

  • H. W. Semon

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Materials
  • Meteoroids
  • Particles
  • Shaped Charges

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow