Setback Test Users Manual (U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center's Method)

Abstract

The setback test was developed at the U.S. Army Armament Research Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey. This ARDEC setback test method collapses a planer air gap against an explosive sample in a manner to mimic what could happen during launch of a projectile with a base gap. The machine action is essentially one dimensional, where an insulated steel "drift pin" moves towards an explosive sample. The initial space between drip pin and bottom of the explosive constitutes the air gap under test.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA551249

Entities

People

  • Barry Fishburn
  • Neha Mehta
  • Theodore Dolch

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Gaps
  • Air Guns
  • Armor
  • Calibration
  • Collapse
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Guns
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Munitions
  • New Jersey
  • Projectiles
  • Standards
  • Test Methods

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  • Computer Science.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

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