High-Velocity, Light-Gas Gun
- 1 August 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 28 (8) , 892-894
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1722882
Abstract
A new range of muzzle velocities has been achieved by propelling a projectile in a gun barrel by a column of hydrogen or helium instead of the conventional powder gas. The first gun built, the design of which probably was far from optimum, yielded muzzle velocities in excess of 12 000 ft/sec with spherical and cylindrical steel projectiles.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Some Special Solutions for the Motion of the Powder GasJournal of Applied Physics, 1936