VHG IMPACT TEST SET (DESIGN TASK REPORT)

Abstract

Described is a portable tester capable of producing steel-on-steel impacts in the range of 100,000g with durations of from 40 to 45 microseconds. The 6-foot tall, 1700-pound machine has a payload capacity of 10 pounds and is operated with low pressure (100 psi) air. The tester is intended primarily for testing ordnance components associated with arming, fuzing and safing functions; tests are limited to secondary explosives weighing 10 grams or less.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 10, 1968
Accession Number
AD0841576

Entities

People

  • V. F. Devost

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Air Guns
  • Computations
  • Explosives
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Guns
  • Impact Acceleration
  • Impact Tests
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Release Mechanisms
  • Simulators
  • Test Sets
  • Transducers

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