Launch Speed Multiplier

Abstract

An adapter cage is provided for a compressed gas launcher to multiply launch velocity. Kinematics of wheels integral to the adapter cage results in a doubling of the pusher plate velocity as that motion is imparted on a light-weight launch vehicle. The wheels of the adapter cage can press against the launch vehicle and the wheels are pressed against the walls of the launcher for employing friction at the interface of the wheels and the inner surface of the launcher to transfer motion to force out a muzzle cap of the launcher and to enable launch of the launch vehicle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 2020
Accession Number
AD1109635

Entities

People

  • Thomas J. Gieseke

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air
  • Air Supplies
  • Assembly
  • Attorneys
  • Canisters
  • Compressed Air
  • Diameters
  • Friction
  • Gases
  • Integrals
  • Inventions
  • Launch Tubes
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Launchers
  • Launching
  • Materials
  • Patent Applications
  • Pins
  • Projectiles
  • Shear Pins
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).
  • ballistics.