A Pressure-Actuated Device for Arming Mines

Abstract

A mine-arming device, operated by the hydrostatic pressure effects produced beneath a moving vessel, is described. The problem of compensating the device for depth changes and for hydrostatic pressure changes by waves and tides is discussed, and it is stated that sweeping for mines armed with the subject device would appear to be very difficult. The appendices present a review of the mathematical analyses of the effects produced by a ship, the effects of waves and tides, and the mechanical behavior of the devices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 07, 1943
Accession Number
AD1180862

Entities

People

  • Horace M. Trent
  • William W. Stifler

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Flow
  • Arming Devices
  • Circuits
  • Conductivity
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Flow
  • Fluids
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Lepidoptera
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Sea Water
  • Seabed
  • Step Functions
  • Water

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.