Accession Number:

AD0600189

Title:

ENERGY MEASURING SYSTEM FOR XM5 TIMER,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

PICATINNY ARSENAL DOVER N J AMMUNITION ENGINEERING DIRECTORATE

Personal Author(s):

• Gibbs,Edward
• Straway,Earl
• Mastbaum,Abraham

Report Date:

1964-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

31.0

Abstract:

The design and fabrication of a system to measure the kinetic energy of the firing pin in the XM5 Timer was accomplished using velocity transducers with appropriate read-out equipment. Experimental evaluation indicated that this technique rendered an accuracy of better than 2. Author

Descriptors:

• *TIMING DEVICES
• *FIRING MECHANISMS(AMMUNITION)
• ENERGY
• ENERGY
• MEASUREMENT
• DYNAMICS
• TRANSDUCERS
• AMMUNITION COMPONENTS

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE