High velocity flyer plate launch capability on the Sandia Z accelerator

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1-10, 2003, Pages 377-384

  Knudson, M D ^a   Hall, C A ^a   Lemke, R ^a   Deeney, C ^a   Asay, J R ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Equation of State; Hypervelocity Launch; Plates

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ALUMINUM; CURRENT DENSITY; DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC LINES; EQUATIONS OF STATE; INTERFEROMETRY; LAUNCHING; LOADING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL DRIVES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHOCK WAVES; SPACECRAFT;

HYPERVELOCITY LAUNCH (HVL); IMPACT QUALITY; MASS VELOCITY; SHOCK VELOCITY;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

EID: 2342533830     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2003.09.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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