Flush Mounting a Pressure Transducer for Combat Vehicle Ammunition Compartmentation and Survivability Experiments

Abstract

The proper use of pressure transducers for experiments investigating combat vehicle ammunition compartmentation is critical to obtain accurate pressure data. There are many factors in the installation process of the transducers that can affect the validity of the pressure data captured during an experiment. This report discusses why it is necessary to obtain accurate pressure data during a combat vehicle ammunition compartmentation experiment, and the method of transducer installation used by the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory's (ARLs) Explosive Effects Branch for Ammunition Compartmentation and Survivability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1111209

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People

  • Travis Payne

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Ammunition
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Data Acquisition
  • Explosives
  • Gages
  • Internal Pressure
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • O Rings
  • Pressure Gages
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Procurement
  • Rings
  • Transducers

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