High Velocity Underwater Jet Weapon

Abstract

An assembly, a system and a method of use for producing a pulsed jet used to carry a high velocity jet of fluid through water. The energy of this jet is to be used as a weapon against undersea targets. The assembly includes a pressure chamber, a manifold, and a nozzle. In use, the pressure chamber is filled with fluid and a pressure is generated within the chamber by injecting and igniting fuel adjacent the fluid thereby forcing the fluid out the nozzle. The forced fluid is directed to create a high velocity jet of fluid. The fuel can be ignited repeatedly to produce follow-on jets, each impacting the preceding high velocity jet.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 08, 2003
Accession Number
ADD020155

Entities

People

  • Robert Kuklinski
  • Thomas J. Gieseke

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attorneys
  • Chambers
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Diameters
  • Explosives
  • Firing Rate
  • Governments
  • Intake Valves
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Projectiles
  • Rhode Island
  • Undersea Warfare
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies