HYPERVELOCITY PENETRATOR FOR AN ELECTROMAGNETIC ACCELERATOR
Assignee
US Government
Filed as: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Filed
Feb 18, 1986
Granted
Oct 9, 1990
Location
Huntsville AL (NASA/Army)
Abstract
A hypervelocity penetrator for an electromagnetic accelerator that includes a nosetip section that is made of a composite material that is ablative, an intermediate section of a heavy metal such as tungsten or tungsten alloy, and a rear section that is made of ultrahigh-strength material such as steel alloy with the rear section being hollow to provide a cone-shaped penetrator that has a center of gravity that is forward of the center of pressure of the penetrator structure.
Source: Google Patents
35 USC §181 Secrecy Order
Imposed
Nov 26, 1986
Rescinded
May 4, 1990
Duration
3 years, 5 months
Inventor
- 1DAVID C. SAYLES
Sensitive facility: Huntsville AL (NASA/Army)
Record Details
- Patent number
- US 4961384
- Application
- 06841086
- Aerospace match
- Yes
- Dataset source
- 35 USC §181 SO records
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