152MM G/L XM150E6 Thermal Shroud.
Abstract
This report presents a feasibility study which includes the design, fabrication, and testing of three composite gun tube thermal shrouds consisting of high strength filaments (E-glass) embedded into a low thermally conductive matrix (Epoxy). This study ascertains the usefulness of a thermal shroud on the 152mm XM150E6 gun tube, if the tube were in the shade, and then suddenly exposed to a solar load of 250 to 300 BTU/hr/ sq ft. Reductions in gun tube bend, from a tube without a shroud to a tube with a shroud, go as high as 89% with proposal #3 (WTV-F21915), a design which includes Air Vents, and is constructed, solely, by the use of a filament winding technique. (Author-PL)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0737604
Entities
People
- G. Peter O'hara
- Giuliano D'andrea
- Martin Ferguson
- Paul Croteau
- Robert Cullinan