Distance Traveled by a Hypervelocity Projectile in Air

Abstract

An analytical study was conducted to determine the distance a high speed projectile, such as a shaped charge jet particle or a similar projectile, would travel in air when fired horizontally or vertically. The results are applicable to range safety when conducting tests with such devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1122915

Entities

People

  • Steven B. Segletes
  • William P. Walters

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aerodynamic Drag
  • Altitude
  • Coefficients
  • Drag
  • Elevation
  • Equations
  • Explosively Formed Penetrators
  • Ground Level
  • Hypervelocity Projectiles
  • Iterations
  • Military Research
  • Particles
  • Projectile Trajectories
  • Projectiles
  • Range Safety
  • Sea Level
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Trajectories

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow