A Soft Recovery System Coupled With Advanced Diagnostics

Abstract

Testing to quantify the performance of a soft recovery system was conducted at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Transonic Experimental Facility. An on-board recorder (OBR) was inserted into 10 of the 14 rounds fired. Recovery of the OBR equated to recovering the projectile. This necessitated a soft recovery system for the 120-mm projectile. This report details the hardware and methodology used to create a soft recovery and notes about the results of testing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA456551

Entities

People

  • Bernard J. Guidos
  • Eric Scheper
  • James M. Garner
  • Peter C. Muller
  • Robert A. Phillabaum

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Concrete
  • Deceleration
  • Frequency
  • Guided Projectiles
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Munitions Testing
  • Muzzle Velocity
  • Photographs
  • Projectile Trajectories
  • Projectiles
  • Recording Systems
  • Trajectories
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Manufacturing Engineering.
  • ballistics.