Customer Overview of Pulsed Laser Heating for Evaluation of Gun Bore Materials

Abstract

Pulsed laser heating (PLH) has been shown to be a convenient method to reproduce the transient heating and thermomechanical effects that occur at the bore of large and medium caliber guns during firing. Hence, PLH has been used not only to gain insight into the erosion mechanisms that take place during firing, but to evaluate potential candidate bore materials and coatings

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA617987

Entities

People

  • Mark E. Todaro

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Elements
  • Energy
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • Heat Transfer
  • Heat Transfer Coefficients
  • Laser Pulses
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Optical Fibers
  • Pulsed Lasers
  • Reflectance
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermal Conductivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy