Design Accelerations for the Army's Excalibur Projectile

Abstract

Excalibur is the Army's new 155-mm, guided projectile. It is scheduled for fielding in 2008. The objectives of Excalibur's test program are: 1) shake-out the weak systems for redesign by testing at a margin load, 2) characterize the gun-launch loads for design improvements and failure reviews, and 3) demonstrate structural integrity and operability after gun launch. In this paper, 10 live-firings at the margin load, PMP +5%, are presented. Averages, standard deviations, and statistical correlations are given.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA435761

Entities

People

  • D. Carlucci
  • J. A. Cordes
  • J. Vega
  • R. C. Chaplin

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Coefficients
  • Data Science
  • Frequency
  • Governments
  • Guided Projectiles
  • High Acceleration
  • Information Science
  • Instructions
  • Instrumentation
  • Military Research
  • Normal Distribution
  • Projectiles
  • Recovery Vehicles
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • ballistics.