Investigation of Compressible Fluids for Use in soft Recoil Mechanisms
Abstract
In spite of the low compressibilities found, the DC200 fluid was selected by SARRI-LA for further testing on several engineering test fixtures. The reasoning was that the test fixture itself had some flexibility and the total system compressibility could be expected to be higher than that for the fluid alone. Initial tests seemed to bear out this concept of the total system compressibility and results of those investigations are being discussed in separate reports by Chin and Drum. The laboratory phase of this program continued with a search for other promising compressible fluids and the performance of laboratory experiments to obtain compressibility data. A series of engineering experiments carried out by SARRI-LA on a compressible fluid test fixture were monitored by the SARRI-LR personnel to determine the behavior of the fluid and to determine the effects of dissolved or entrained air on the compressibility. This report presents results of the laboratory phase of this program carried out by SARRI-LR from October 1975 to the present time. Work on this task is continuing.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA130455
Entities
People
- Bernard J. Bornong
- Van Y. S. Hong
Organizations
- United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center