Application of Holographic Interferometry to the Exterior Ballistic Flow Field in the Muzzle Environment of a Twenty Millimeter Cannon.

Abstract

The technique of holographic interferometry was applied to the study of the gas core characteristics in the muzzle environment of a 20 mm cannon. Experimental measurements were made of the muzzle velocity and of gas core pressures at the cannon breech to verify prediction of these parameters in a numerical technique using standard hydrodynamic equations. Holographic interferograms were made of the projectile and its associated flow field during launch.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA013465

Entities

People

  • Robert Gene Bettinger

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Environment
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Interferograms
  • Interferometry
  • Measurement
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Projectiles
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • ballistics.