Investigation of Energy Partitioning in Hypervelocity Impacts

Abstract

This report results from a contract tasking University of Kent as follows: The need to understand the physics of, and to define the parameters of, energy partitioning in the impact processes at very high velocities led to a research thrust focused on the 2 MV Van de Graaff facility at Kent. A key basis for this research is summarized in the published IAF paper (Ratcliff et all., Appendix A) where the measurement of impact plasma and momentum leading to derivation of ejecta kinetic energy is described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA359783

Entities

People

  • Tony Mcdonnell

Organizations

  • University of Kent

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkali Metals
  • Contracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Mass Spectra
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Measurement
  • Particle Beams
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Space Sciences
  • Spectra
  • Spectrometers
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Statistical inference.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow