Compressed Gas Gun for Controlled Planar Impacts Over a Wide Velocity Range
- 1 January 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 35 (1) , 11-14
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1718685
Abstract
A description is given of the mechanical characteristics and performance of a compressed gas gun capable of accelerating precisely aligned flat‐faced projectiles over a wide velocity range. Predetermined reproducible velocities may be achieved between 150 and 5700 ft/sec with an angular misalignment between the impacting surfaces as small as 1.3×10−4 rad. The impact occurs in a vacuum with pressures as low as 10−4 mm Hg. The gun has an inside diameter of 2½ in., a length of 100 ft, and uses either air or helium at pressures as high as 5000 psi. The gun is particularly suited for experiments in which a well‐defined impact is desired.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Technique for Studying Piezoelectricity under Transient High Stress ConditionsReview of Scientific Instruments, 1961