Determination of the Firing Pin Critical Velocity and the Critical Power in the Percussive Initiation of Primer Caps
This work involved testing of the probability of initiating a KWM-3 type of primer cap as a function of the firing pin velocity upon impact. The tested firing pin was accelerated to the required velocity by a falling mass. The measurements under this work were made with a measurement system and meth...
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| author | Andrzej FARYŃSKI Andrzej DŁUGOŁĘCKI Jarosław DĘBIŃSKI Łukasz SŁONKIEWICZ |
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| description | This work involved testing of the probability of initiating a KWM-3 type of primer cap as a function of the firing pin velocity upon impact. The tested firing pin was accelerated to the required velocity by a falling mass. The measurements under this work were made with a measurement system and methodologies developed at Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in Warsaw (Poland). The percussive pulse velocity and power was altered by modifying the percussive mass to keep the initiating pulse energy constant at two levels: Ewe = 272 mJ and 343 mJ. The firing pin velocity values estimated by experimental data to bring a 50% probability of percussive primer cap initiation were within the interval vi50% = 0.34÷0.51 m/s. It was found that the mean primer cap ignition delay rose from approx. 0.7 ms at a percussion velocity of 1.5 m/s to 6 ms at 0.17 m/s. The experimental data suggest the values of Ewe x vi50% = 0.136.
A simplified model was proposed for the deformation of the primer cap base and compressed pyrotechnical mixture shape. The model served to determine the approximate time trend for the penetration of the primer cap by the firing pin, including velocity, power and emitted energy, by assuming a complete energy transfer from the percussive mass to the primer cap. The mean initiating pulse power calculated from the model at the vi50% interval was Pavg = 120÷180 W, whereas the maximum initiating pulse power was Pmax = 170÷250 W. The calculated time values for firing pin penetration were very close to the aforementioned primer cap ignition delays at the respective velocity and percussive mass values. This indirectly indicates nearly complete energy transmission from the percussive masses to the primer caps. A location was identified within the compressed pyrotechnical mixture shape volume which could form the hot spot for initiation of the explosive reaction. Based on the calculation results using the simplified model, and assuming that the energy and diffusive heat flux output to and from the explosive reaction initiation hot spot were equivalent, the expression of Ewe x vi50% derived from the result was approx. 0.18. This means that the two critical parameters of primer cap initiation: (i) velocity, which can be identified with vi50% (and the respective power) and (ii) Ewe50%, i.e. the energy threshold below which the probability of primer cap initiation is less than 0.5, are interrelated. Aside from the initiation mechanism proposed and applied to calculate the firing pin critical velocity, this work discusses several other initiation mechanisms, all of which were ruled out during the testing process. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3da54af1515a4e97b1a9eac412eb08d52025-08-20T02:17:57ZengMilitary University of Technology, WarsawProblemy Mechatroniki2081-58912016-12-0174336610.5604/01.3001.0009.501901.3001.0009.5019Determination of the Firing Pin Critical Velocity and the Critical Power in the Percussive Initiation of Primer CapsAndrzej FARYŃSKI0Andrzej DŁUGOŁĘCKI1Jarosław DĘBIŃSKI2Łukasz SŁONKIEWICZ3Instytut Techniczny Wojsk Lotniczych, Warszawa, PolskaInstytut Techniczny Wojsk Lotniczych, Warszawa, PolskaInstytut Techniczny Wojsk Lotniczych, Warszawa, PolskaInstytut Techniczny Wojsk Lotniczych, Warszawa, PolskaThis work involved testing of the probability of initiating a KWM-3 type of primer cap as a function of the firing pin velocity upon impact. The tested firing pin was accelerated to the required velocity by a falling mass. The measurements under this work were made with a measurement system and methodologies developed at Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) in Warsaw (Poland). The percussive pulse velocity and power was altered by modifying the percussive mass to keep the initiating pulse energy constant at two levels: Ewe = 272 mJ and 343 mJ. The firing pin velocity values estimated by experimental data to bring a 50% probability of percussive primer cap initiation were within the interval vi50% = 0.34÷0.51 m/s. It was found that the mean primer cap ignition delay rose from approx. 0.7 ms at a percussion velocity of 1.5 m/s to 6 ms at 0.17 m/s. The experimental data suggest the values of Ewe x vi50% = 0.136. A simplified model was proposed for the deformation of the primer cap base and compressed pyrotechnical mixture shape. The model served to determine the approximate time trend for the penetration of the primer cap by the firing pin, including velocity, power and emitted energy, by assuming a complete energy transfer from the percussive mass to the primer cap. The mean initiating pulse power calculated from the model at the vi50% interval was Pavg = 120÷180 W, whereas the maximum initiating pulse power was Pmax = 170÷250 W. The calculated time values for firing pin penetration were very close to the aforementioned primer cap ignition delays at the respective velocity and percussive mass values. This indirectly indicates nearly complete energy transmission from the percussive masses to the primer caps. A location was identified within the compressed pyrotechnical mixture shape volume which could form the hot spot for initiation of the explosive reaction. Based on the calculation results using the simplified model, and assuming that the energy and diffusive heat flux output to and from the explosive reaction initiation hot spot were equivalent, the expression of Ewe x vi50% derived from the result was approx. 0.18. This means that the two critical parameters of primer cap initiation: (i) velocity, which can be identified with vi50% (and the respective power) and (ii) Ewe50%, i.e. the energy threshold below which the probability of primer cap initiation is less than 0.5, are interrelated. Aside from the initiation mechanism proposed and applied to calculate the firing pin critical velocity, this work discusses several other initiation mechanisms, all of which were ruled out during the testing process.http://promechjournal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0009.5019mechanicspercussive primer cap initiationcritical powertime delayignition probability |
| spellingShingle | Andrzej FARYŃSKI Andrzej DŁUGOŁĘCKI Jarosław DĘBIŃSKI Łukasz SŁONKIEWICZ Determination of the Firing Pin Critical Velocity and the Critical Power in the Percussive Initiation of Primer Caps Problemy Mechatroniki mechanics percussive primer cap initiation critical power time delay ignition probability |
| title | Determination of the Firing Pin Critical Velocity and the Critical Power in the Percussive Initiation of Primer Caps |
| title_full | Determination of the Firing Pin Critical Velocity and the Critical Power in the Percussive Initiation of Primer Caps |
| title_fullStr | Determination of the Firing Pin Critical Velocity and the Critical Power in the Percussive Initiation of Primer Caps |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determination of the Firing Pin Critical Velocity and the Critical Power in the Percussive Initiation of Primer Caps |
| title_short | Determination of the Firing Pin Critical Velocity and the Critical Power in the Percussive Initiation of Primer Caps |
| title_sort | determination of the firing pin critical velocity and the critical power in the percussive initiation of primer caps |
| topic | mechanics percussive primer cap initiation critical power time delay ignition probability |
| url | http://promechjournal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0009.5019 |
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