A system to damp the free piston oscillations in a two-stage light-gas gun used for hypervelocity impact experiments

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 245-252

  Pavarin, D ^a   Francesconi, A ^a   Angrilli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DEFORMATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; IMPACT TESTING; OSCILLATIONS; PISTONS;

HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT TESTS; LIGHT-GAS GUNS;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0942300170     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1632998     Document Type: Article

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