Axially accelerated saboted rods subjected to lateral forces
Considerable effort has been dedicated to ensuring the structural integrity of long rods during axial acceleration, but little work has addressed the subject of lateral acceleration of the sabot/rod package while it is still in-bore. Drysdale states ''Certainly the most pressing unsolved problem facing the projectile designer at the present time does not involve structural integrity directly. Rather it is the development of a methodology which allows the rational design of in-bore configurations so that balloting and sabot separations have a minimal effect on the flight of the subprojectile.'' Characterization of the response of sabot/rod systems to lateral loading is the next fundamental step to improving sabot designs. Benchmarked analyses and methodology will provide projectile designers with both quantitative and qualitative information to characterize the structural integrity of sabots that are subjected to lateral loads during launch. 10 refs., 12 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6006295
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-89-1636; CONF-890885-2; ON: DE89012612
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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