Hybrid electrothermal light gas gun and method
US5429030A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 9, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF41A1/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pressurized light gas in a first chamber segment of a light gas gun is heated and highly pressurized by an electric discharge. Solid chemical propellant in a second chamber segment behind and separated from the first chamber segment by a perforated wall is ignited by the heated and highly pressurized light gas to form a gaseous piston to assist in accelerating the light gas against a projectile.
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