EXPERIMENTAL SELF-EMPLACEABLE DROP TESTER

Devost, V. F.

EXPERIMENTAL SELF-EMPLACEABLE DROP TESTER

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Abstract:

An experimental, free-fall drop tester designed to be dropped at heights exceeding those of existing NOL conventional testers and produce short duration, high-g impacts is described. Results of a study to determine the devices feasibility for conducting shock tests are presented. Unlike conventional drop testers where only the test carriage is raised and dropped, the self-emplaceable tester is raised and dropped as a unit with the carriage separated from the base by about 14 inches. The base emplaces itself in sand under its own inertia, and milliseconds later the carriage collides with it, producing shock. Author

Author(s):

Devost, V. F.

Author Organization(s):

NAVAL ORDNANCE LAB WHITE OAK MD

Pagination:

0001

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:

Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR

Identifying Numbers

Report Number(s):

NAVWEPS-7350

Monitor Series:

7350

Subject Terms

Communities of Interest:

No COI(s) Identified

Descriptor(s):

*TEST EQUIPMENT, IMPACT SHOCK, ORDNANCE, PHENOLIC PLASTICS, PLYWOOD, SAND, WEAPONS

Report Date:

1961 Jan 05