PROCESS FOR LAUNCHING HYPERVELOCITY PROJECTILES, AND LAUNCHER FOR CARRYING OUT THIS PROCESS

摘要

A liquid conductor charge is heated by Joule effect in a very short time, the liquid having no time to expand. The liquid passes directly to the vapor phase, thereby producing a high pressure. A device according to the invention may comprise an array of capacitors (10), a flat line (12), a gun (24, 26), a conductor charge (32) inserted between a projectile (28) and a breech (30). Application to the simulation of micrometeorites, or to the study of collisions between microparticles.