Impulse gain and damage from very high dynamic loading using flyer impact
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) 1 MJ and 87 kJ electric guns are in use for a variety of shock-wave applications using the hypervelocity impact of dielectric (or dielectric and metal composite) flyer plates on material samples. The 1 MJ electric gun is a newly completed facility and will be described. The specific applications discussed here include a study of momentum gain and spat damage produced by Kapton flyer impact on aluminium 6061-T6. The experimental impact measurements are used to calibrate code calculations that can be applied under more general hypervelocity impact conditions to typical relative orbital velocities near 10 km/s. The analytical results of code calculations supporting these study areas are also reported.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6600978
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-106122; CONF-911069-11; ON: DE93011957
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 3. international conference on mechanical and physical behavior of materials under dynamic loading, Strasbourg (France), 14-18 Oct 1991
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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