Fatigue Behavior of Thick-Walled Cylinders (7.62 mm Rifles Specimens)

Abstract

The report deals with fatigue life testing employing 7.62MM rifled barrels in order to secure information on the relationship of specimen life achieved through cyclic hydraulic pressure stressing and that achieved by firing of service type ammunition. Materials used included standard M14 rifle barrel stock from several suppliers and 175MM M113E1 cannon tube forging material from three suppliers. The report also addresses the problem of 'life' reliability prediction and demonstrates the potential usefulness of small barrel specimen testing in providing insight to 'big gun' research, development, manufacturing, field support and quality engineering type problems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0748088

Entities

People

  • Peter G. Goutos
  • Vincent T. Chodkowski

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Calibration
  • Contractors
  • Engineering
  • Factor Analysis
  • Fatigue Life
  • Firing Rate
  • Guns
  • Hydraulic Pressure
  • Internal Pressure
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Materials
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Reliability
  • Standards
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.
  • Systems Analysis and Design