Accession Number:

ADA148896

Title:

Acceleration Measurements in High G Environments

Descriptive Note:

Final technical rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Pilcher, II, James O.

Report Date:

1984-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

Abstract:

This report discusses the difficulties encountered in acceleration measurements performed on gun and projectile systems and the techniques used to circumvent these difficulties. Particular points of discussion are the use of mechanical, digital, and electronic filtering techniques and their limitations.

Descriptors:

• *ACCELERATION
• *BALLISTICS
• *CALIBRATION
• ACCELEROMETERS
• ARRAYS
• DIGITAL FILTERS
• DYNAMIC RESPONSE
• ELECTRIC FILTERS
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• EXPERIMENTAL DATA
• GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS
• GUNS
• HIGH ACCELERATION
• INTERFERENCE
• MATCHING
• MEASUREMENT
• MUZZLE VELOCITY
• PROJECTILES
• STRESS WAVES
• STRUCTURAL RESPONSE

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Ammunition and Explosives
• Guns
• Ballistics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE