A Gas Gun Impact Tester for Solid Gun Propellants

Abstract

A gas gun impact tester has been developed to evaluate the fracture response of gun propellant. Grains are impacted against a steel plate at velocities ranging from 30 to 120 m/s over a temperature range of -50 to 60 degrees C. The fracture damage is evaluated using a semiquantitative parameter based on the visual appearance of the grain after testing. More quantitative evaluation methods are being developed, but fracture response differences have been determined between M30 and JA2 gun propellants using the current evaluation procedure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149712

Entities

People

  • J. J. Rocchio
  • R. J. Lieb

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Burning Rate
  • Closed Bomb Tests
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Gas Guns
  • Gun Propellants
  • Ignition Systems
  • Infrared Detectors
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Military Research
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.
  • ballistics.