An Exploding Foil Flying Plate Generator

Abstract

This paper reports on work done at MRL to generate and use high velocity flying plates. The plates are generated by the pressure from an electrically burst metal foil. We examine some of the important design characteristics of the flying plate generator. We list some possible applications of the method as it applies to shock waves in materials. A discussion of phenomena which have been discovered by using impact on a High Explosive to indirectly monitor flying plate velocity is presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA205157

Entities

People

  • D. D. Richardson
  • E. D. Northeast
  • P. F. Ryan

Organizations

  • Defence Science and Technology Group

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Current Density
  • Electric Power
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Energy
  • Exploding Wires
  • Explosive Devices
  • Explosives
  • Generators
  • Heat Energy
  • High Explosives
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Shock Waves
  • Spark Gaps
  • Waves

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Metallurgy