New two-stage accelerator for hypervelocity impact simulation

E. B. Igenbergs; D. W. Jex; E. L. Shriver

doi:10.2514/3.6948

New two-stage accelerator for hypervelocity impact simulation

E. B. Igenbergs, D. W. Jex, E. L. Shriver

Former organisations of Engineering and Design

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

16 Scopus citations

Abstract

The present knowledge of the micrometeoriod environmentand the simulation requirements for laboratory devices show that the simulated mass-velocity range must be extended to higher values in both mass and velocity. This is accomplished with the new two-stage accelerator, which consists of a light gas gun as the first stage and a coaxial accelerator with a compressor coil as the second stage. The operation of the new device is described together with a theoretical investigation of the timing of the first and the second stage, which leads to an appropriate adjustment of the two stages. The theoretical and experimental results agree well and show that 600-μ diameter glass beads have been accelerated to velocities near 20 km/sec.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1024-1030
Number of pages	7
Journal	AIAA Journal
Volume	13
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2514/3.6948
State	Published - Aug 1975

Access to Document

10.2514/3.6948

Cite this

@article{7cd735eba417421c8fbb71badd248ec2,

title = "New two-stage accelerator for hypervelocity impact simulation",

abstract = "The present knowledge of the micrometeoriod environmentand the simulation requirements for laboratory devices show that the simulated mass-velocity range must be extended to higher values in both mass and velocity. This is accomplished with the new two-stage accelerator, which consists of a light gas gun as the first stage and a coaxial accelerator with a compressor coil as the second stage. The operation of the new device is described together with a theoretical investigation of the timing of the first and the second stage, which leads to an appropriate adjustment of the two stages. The theoretical and experimental results agree well and show that 600-μ diameter glass beads have been accelerated to velocities near 20 km/sec.",

author = "Igenbergs, {E. B.} and Jex, {D. W.} and Shriver, {E. L.}",

note = "Funding Information: Received August 26, 1974; revision received January 14, 1975. The authors wish to thank E. Stuhlinger, G. Bucher, and R. Naumann of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama and H.O. Ruppe and H. Kuczera of the Technische Universitat Munchen for the support of the experimental and theoretical investigations. The computations were performed at the Leibniz Rechenzentrum, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich.",

year = "1975",

month = aug,

doi = "10.2514/3.6948",

language = "English",

volume = "13",

pages = "1024--1030",

journal = "AIAA Journal",

issn = "0001-1452",

publisher = "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc. (AIAA)",

number = "8",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - New two-stage accelerator for hypervelocity impact simulation

AU - Igenbergs, E. B.

AU - Jex, D. W.

AU - Shriver, E. L.

N1 - Funding Information: Received August 26, 1974; revision received January 14, 1975. The authors wish to thank E. Stuhlinger, G. Bucher, and R. Naumann of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama and H.O. Ruppe and H. Kuczera of the Technische Universitat Munchen for the support of the experimental and theoretical investigations. The computations were performed at the Leibniz Rechenzentrum, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich.

PY - 1975/8

Y1 - 1975/8

N2 - The present knowledge of the micrometeoriod environmentand the simulation requirements for laboratory devices show that the simulated mass-velocity range must be extended to higher values in both mass and velocity. This is accomplished with the new two-stage accelerator, which consists of a light gas gun as the first stage and a coaxial accelerator with a compressor coil as the second stage. The operation of the new device is described together with a theoretical investigation of the timing of the first and the second stage, which leads to an appropriate adjustment of the two stages. The theoretical and experimental results agree well and show that 600-μ diameter glass beads have been accelerated to velocities near 20 km/sec.

AB - The present knowledge of the micrometeoriod environmentand the simulation requirements for laboratory devices show that the simulated mass-velocity range must be extended to higher values in both mass and velocity. This is accomplished with the new two-stage accelerator, which consists of a light gas gun as the first stage and a coaxial accelerator with a compressor coil as the second stage. The operation of the new device is described together with a theoretical investigation of the timing of the first and the second stage, which leads to an appropriate adjustment of the two stages. The theoretical and experimental results agree well and show that 600-μ diameter glass beads have been accelerated to velocities near 20 km/sec.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0016538183&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.2514/3.6948

DO - 10.2514/3.6948

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0016538183

SN - 0001-1452

VL - 13

SP - 1024

EP - 1030

JO - AIAA Journal

JF - AIAA Journal

IS - 8

ER -

New two-stage accelerator for hypervelocity impact simulation

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this