Accession Number:

AD0607955

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF A RESEARCH CAPABILITY FOR ACCELERATING HYPERVELOCITY PARTICLES.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS INC BURLINGTON MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Stevens,H. C.
• O'Neil,R. W.
• Scherrer,V. E.

Report Date:

1964-10-30

Pagination or Media Count:

42.0

Abstract:

The work involved the development and installation of a hypervelocity facility for accelerating small particles to meteoric velocities for simulating the effects of micrometeoroid impact on materials. The particles are accelerated by discharging an electronically-triggered, high-energy capacitor storage system into an explodingfoil gun. High-speed streak and framing cameras measure particle velocity, size, shape, and momentum. Electronic instrumentation is provided to measure capacitor bank discharge characteristics and energy input to the explodingfoil gun. Particles have thus far been accelerated in this facility to velocities greater than 40,000 ftsec. Author

Descriptors:

• *HYPERVELOCITY GUNS
• *METEORITES
• SIMULATION
• TEST FACILITIES
• HYPERVELOCITY PROJECTILES
• PARTICLES
• ACCELERATION
• CAPACITORS
• ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
• HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE