Application of Filament Winding to Cannon and Cannon Components. Part 1: Steel Filament Composites

Abstract

The feasibility of utilizing high strength steel wire filaments for filament-wound composites has been established from both a design and a fabrication aspect. Feasibility was established through the design, fabrication and burst testing of numerous cylinders made of steel filament-epoxy jackets with fiberglass, titanium, and steel liners. Although a high-density filament was utilized, its extremely high strength and high composite efficiency resulted in composite cylinders which showed greater than 50% weight savings over gun steel cylinders designed to the same burst strength. This study resulted in the fabrication of a composite 106 mm R.R. gun tube made of 0.100 inch rifled steel liner and a steel filament/epoxy jacket which was proof fired with no deleterious effects.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0741819

Entities

People

  • Giuliano D'andrea
  • Martin S. Ferguson
  • Robert L. Cullinan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Material Fabrication
  • Composite Materials
  • Epoxy Resins
  • Fabrication
  • Fiberglass
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Plastics
  • Reinforced Plastics
  • Resins
  • Tensile Strength

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • ballistics.