Design of the Advanced High Kinetic Energy Launch System

Abstract

This report describes the design of a facility to provide for destructive testing of U.S. and foreign munitions, up to and including 155 mm. The facility consists of a Range Tunnel designed to resist the muzzle blast of an artillery weapon and a large steel dome structure designed to contain the blast effects of 64 pounds of TNT.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP000449

Entities

People

  • William V. Hill

Organizations

  • Black & Veatch

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Artillery
  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Dynamic Loads
  • Energy
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Filters
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Kinetic Energy Projectiles
  • Munitions
  • Transient Response Analysis
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Software Engineering
  • ballistics.