EXPLOSIVE 3-STAGE LAUNCHER TO ACCELERATE METAL PLATES TO VELOCITIES MORE THAN 10 KM S/

Authors
BATKOV YV KOVALEV NP KOVTUN AD KUROPATKIN VG LEBEDEV AI MAKAROV YM MANACHKIN SF NOVIKOV SA RAEVSKY VA STYAZHKIN YM
Citation
Yv. Batkov et al., EXPLOSIVE 3-STAGE LAUNCHER TO ACCELERATE METAL PLATES TO VELOCITIES MORE THAN 10 KM S/, International journal of impact engineering, 20(1-5), 1997, pp. 89-92
Citations number
4
Journal title
International journal of impact engineering → ACNP
ISSN journal
0734743X
Volume
20
Issue
1-5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
89 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0734-743X(1997)20:1-5<89:E3LTAM>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
The results of an experiment with an explosive three-stage launcher to accelerate plates to hypervelocities are presented. We have tested de sign, where the intensity of shock waves in accelerated plates is rest ricted because of a dampening layer application, and that enables a ti tanium plate having a thickness 0.5 mm to be accelerated up to 10.3 - 10.9 km/s without melting and destruction of this plate. Plate state a nd plate velocity was recorded using flash radiography.