Research Gasket Shapes and Materials for Sealed Ammunition Containers,

Abstract

The objective of this project was to investigate new materials and shapes available for use as gaskets in sealed containers. The properties of the new materials had to be evaluated/tested to assure they met or exceeded the properties of current gasket materials. The project also looked at the manufacturing processes of extruding vs. molding. We also investigated the joint bonding process of using chemical adhesive as well as vulcanizing and heat welding. Another aspect of the project was to evaluate the required cross sectional area and hence the compression required to create a sealed container repeatedly with the minimum amount of force.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA315268

Entities

People

  • Robbin L. Miller

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ammunition Containers
  • Containers
  • Elastomers
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Processing
  • Physical Properties
  • Plastics
  • Polyurethanes
  • Resistance
  • Tensile Strength
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.