Cost Estimate for Gun Liner Emplacement

Abstract

Recent firing success of an explosively-bonded tantalum alloy gun liner has prompted an examination of other gun liner emplacement techniques. One of them is Gun Liner Emplacement with an Elastomeric Material (GLEEM). Costs for this approach are compared to those of explosive bonding, and on a qualitative basis GLLEM is found to be less expensive. The absolute costs to use GLEEM will depend primarily on the cost of the liner and machining the rifling in the barrel. Different materials and manufacturing technologies are suggested to reduce these costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA549143

Entities

People

  • William S. de Rosset

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Bonding
  • Cost Estimates
  • Emplacement
  • Explosive Welding
  • Explosives
  • Fabrication
  • Gun Barrels
  • Machines
  • Machining
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Processing
  • Metals
  • Refractory Metals
  • Tantalum
  • Tantalum Alloys

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Military Engineering.
  • ballistics.