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US 5160802

PRESTRESSED COMPOSITE GUN TUBE

Assignee

Filed

Sep 24, 1975

Granted

Nov 3, 1992

Location

VA US

Abstract

A composite gun tube having a liner prestressed in compression by a surroing cylinder formed of an appropriate Nitinol alloy. A first alternative construction utilizes Nitinol in filamentary form wrapped around the liner. A second alternative construction utilizes filamentary Nitinol embedded in the liner material. In all cases, the Nitinol is formulated so that the critical transition temperature is below that of any environment which the gun tube might encounter.

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35 USC §181 Secrecy Order

Imposed

Oct 28, 1981

Rescinded

Jun 16, 1992

Duration

10 years, 7 months

Inventor

  • 1WILLIAM MATTHEW MOSCRIP
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