Application of a 100-kV electric gun for hypervelocity impact studies
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 100-kV electric gun has been used to launch flat-plate projectiles for use in studies of spall and hypervelocity impact penetration of thin plates. Impactors were 0.3-mm thick Kapton with dimensions and velocities ranging from 100 mm/sup 2/ at 4 km/s to 10 mm/sup 2/ at 18 km/s. A Fabry-Perot laser velocimeter, an electronic streak camera, and a flash x ray were used as diagnostics of the flyer-plate impact on the selected specimen. Experiments generally included the recovery of the remnant specimen and fragments for detailed examination, permitting a study of incipient spall, onset of melting, and fraction fragmented. Experiments to be described include spall measurements on simple and composite target walls at normal and oblique incidence and ''reverse ballistics'' impacts of the thin-plate impactor on a stationary penetrator (e.g., Kapton impactors at 15 km/s incident on rods of steel, aluminum, and lead) for calibration of hypervelocity impact codes.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6582671
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-95464; CONF-8610268-1; ON: DE87008730
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Hypervelocity impact symposium, San Antonio, TX, USA, 21 Oct 1986; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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