Air Gun Test Facility,

Abstract

This paper describes a facility that is potentially useful in providing data for models to predict the effects of nuclear explosions on cities. IIT Research Institute has a large air gun facility capable of launching heavy items of a wide variety of geometries to velocities ranging from about 80 fps to 1100 fps. The facility and its capabilities are described, and city model problem areas capable of investigation using the air gun are presented. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADP001811

Entities

People

  • E. Swider
  • H. Napadensky
  • Robert A. Pape
  • T. Waterman

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Guns
  • Blast
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Explosions
  • Geometry
  • Guns
  • Launching
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Test Facilities
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.
  • ballistics.