WOX-5A ACCELEROMETER (ARTILLERY PROJECTILE COPPER-BALL ACCELEROMETER)

Abstract

A multipurpose accelerometer mechanically measures artillery projectile setback, spin, barrel-slap and target-impact accelerations. Twenty- three copper-ball accelerometers mount in the aft 2.75 inches of a Mk 73 VT Fuze or T-227 CVT Fuze body. Eight accelerometers measure setback at frequencies from 7200 to 20,200 Hz; eight similar accelerometers, opposite in direction, measure target impact; three pairs of accelerometers measure barrel slap (transverse acceleration) at frequencies of 5680 and 8380 Hz; one accelerometer measures spin (angular acceleration) at 1450 Hz or 1026 Hz.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 1968
Accession Number
AD0835959

Entities

People

  • V. F. Devost

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Angular Acceleration
  • Artillery
  • Calibration
  • Discriminators
  • Engineering
  • Frequency
  • Impact Acceleration
  • Measurement
  • Micrometers
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Projectile Components
  • Projectiles
  • Radio Proximity Fuzes
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Transverse

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • ballistics.