A Curved Flyer Plate Technique for Impulsive Loading of Rings and a Passive Impulse Gage for Underground Nuclear Tests

Abstract

A technique has been developed for impulsive loading of rings. It consists of spalling a thin, curved flyer plate from the inner surface of a curved buffer plate by the pressure pulse from sheet explosive on an outer surface. The flyer plate travels radially inward a short distance before impacting a test ring. A passive impulse gage has been developed for use in underground nuclear tests. It consists of a piston and restraining spring and incorporates a recording device for separating the piston deflection due to the impulsive load and the deflection due to later arriving extraneous loads.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0855565

Entities

People

  • Alexander L. Florence

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aluminum
  • Calibration
  • Contracts
  • Deflection
  • Elements
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Heat Shields
  • High Pressure
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Sheet Explosives
  • Stress Waves
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Materials Science