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Analysis of underwater projectile experiment using one stage light gas gun and numerical simulation

  • Bai Qiu Wang
  • , Cong Wang
  • , Hai Long Huang
  • , Yan Jiang Xing
  • , Jia Zhong Zhang
  • School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Beijing Institute of Astronautical Systems Engineering
  • School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

One stage light gas gun is an important device for experiments of low-speed supercavitation projectiles. After a reasonable simplification to the gas gun, movements of the projectile in the barrel have been analyzed and the relationships between the initial pressure of the gas gun and the exit velocity of the projectile were obtained. For meeting the velocity difference between at the gun exit and water-entry, a speed impairment factor was employed. The results of the adiabatic analysis of the simplified gun show that the best ratio between gun chamber volume and the barrel length is related to the gas thermodynamic process and the gas residual pressure has relation to the gas thermodynamic process. The low-speed supercavitation projectile experiments have been carried out. The movements of the projectile in the gas gun and the supercavitation shape and projectile speed after water-entry have been numerically simulated.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVibration, Structural Engineering and Measurement II
Pages776-779
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 International Conference on Vibration, Structural Engineering and Measurement, ICVSEM 2012 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 19 Oct 201221 Oct 2012

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume226-228
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2012 International Conference on Vibration, Structural Engineering and Measurement, ICVSEM 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period19/10/1221/10/12

Keywords

  • Drag reduction
  • One stage light gas gun
  • Projectile
  • Supercavity

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