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Title: COPPER CRUSHER MEASUREMENT OF WEAPON CHAMBER PRESSURE: Scope: This ITOP describes instrumentation and procedures for measuring peak chamber pressures within various weapon systems using NATO approved copper crusher gauges during firing tests.
Dynamic Calibration Method for Copper Crusher …
the aim of developing a dynamic calibration method for crusher gauges. Testing was conducted through the use of the split Hopkinson pressure bars (SHPB) to ... crusher gauge technique was the widely known and used method for gas peak pressure measurement. A copper or lead made cylinder is compressed by a steel piston placed in
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Products designed for the study and analysis of the flight of a projectile through the air. ... World and within NATO is to acuurately measure the gas pressure without any adaptation to the gun. The calssical methods for pressure measurements of large calibre ammunition are still by means of copper crushers or by piezoelectric transducers ...
measuring base pressure using copper crushers
NATO MOPI manual, as standard document for ballistic measurements, provides the following requirements for accurate pressure measurement through copper crusher/piezoelectric sensors : (i) The mean peak chamber pressure of any type of ammunition shall not exceed 50,000 pounds per square inch (corrected) when the ammunition is conditioned at 21 ...
COPPER CRUSHER MEASUREMENT OF WEAPON CHAMBER …
This ITOP describes instrumentation and procedures for measuring peak chamber pressures within various weapon systems using NATO approved copper crusher gauges …
SAFE MAXIMUM PRESSURE DETERMINATION FOR THE …
Other difficulties were encountered during the test, especially in measuring the actual pressure. The pressures required—110 to 120 Ksi—would be pushing the limit of electronic pressure gauges. Due to this, copper crusher gauges were also used to provide additional pressure data.
Research on the Pressure-Measuring Uncertainty of …
This article introduces the function, the method of selection and related criterion of standard internal crusher gauge, and systematically analyzes three factors that affect the measuring …
THE Bureau Standards
4 TechnologicPapersoftheBureauofStandards IIpressiontests—Continued Page 4.Resultsofcompressiontests—Continued (e ...
Copper units of pressure
A chamber pressure measured with a copper crusher gauge would therefore be expressed in MPa (CUP) in the ISU. ... as they do not require the careful measuring of the copper or lead cylinders after firing. Additionally, transducers are capable of recording instant-by-instant pressures through the entire firing cycle. Hence, in the long run ...
357 magnum SAAMI pressures...
The other normal pressure using a normal powder. When using CUP, the normal pressure load would actually have time to fully deform the crusher. The high pressure fast burning powder wouldn't. Meaning you would rate the scary high pressure cartridge as lower pressure, that measurement system can't accurately report various burning rates, or ...
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Gun chamber pressure is an important parameter in proofing of ammunition to ensure safety and reliability. It can be measured using copper crushers or piezoelectric …
Comparison of pressure measurement methods used in …
The literature highlights the existence of three experimental methods to measure the pressure generated in internal ballistics: (i) the mechanical method, which uses a copper cylinder, also known as copper crusher; (ii) the electronic or electromechanical method, which …
Rimfire Firing-Pin Indent Copper Crusher (part 2)
process specification called out for the pressure measurement/CFPI copper crushers. In June 2013, an RFQ was issued for the 22 short/long/long rifle, 22 Winchester Magnum rimfire/17 Hornady Magnum rimfire and 17 Winchester Super Magnum RFPI copper crushers (Fig. 1). A Potential Disaster
Safe chamber pressures in British and American sporting rifles
The greater mass of the base piston effects slightly the amount it compresses the crusher. The pressures shown by base crushers are about 90% of those obtained by radial copper crushers. So, in fact, the 18 tons marked on your rifle would be about 20 tons or 45,000psi by American measuring methods.
Dynamic Calibration Method for Copper Crusher Gauges …
In the field of interior ballistics, crusher gauges are still widely used for the gas peak pressure measurement within a fired ammunition. Under the effect of the gas chamber …
Dynamic Calibration Of Chamber Pressure Transducers
Background Timeline • Circa 1860, use of copper crusher gages began (static calibration used) • Circa 1920, use of electronic chamber pressure transducers began • Circa 1960, dynamic calibration of crusher gages began (25% improvement) • 1990 NATO crusher trials imply 1% difference between US (Tourmaline) and French (Quartz) measurements (Everyone …
SAAMI and CIP Standards and Drawings for Reference
Part of the problem seems likely to be that copper crushers measure the gas pressure directly through a hole either drilled in the case or made by allowing the case wall to blow out through so the piston is ultimately exposed to directly to gases. ... Dimensions will have to wait until Randy has time to go through the archives and copy me on it ...
British System of Chamber Pressure Measurement
The table just says "Breech Pressure", doesn't say what the units of pressure are: CUP (American system of Radial pressure with copper crusher), the C.I.P Peak pressure (piezo transducer measuring chamber gas pressure), the SAAMI system of measurement (piezo transducer measuring case pressure on the chamber wall) or something else.
Barrel pressure measurements inside a gun chamber | PPT
1) The document discusses internal pressure measurements inside gun chambers conducted at the Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) in Chandipur, Balasore. 2) It describes various methods used to measure internal ballistics pressures, including copper crusher gauges, strain gauges, piezoelectric pressure transducers, and Serbert's velocimeter.
REDESIGN OF COPPER CYLINDER USED FOR M4, M16, …
To measure pressure, a copper crusher cylinder is compressed by a piston fitted to a piston hole into the chamber of the test barrel. Pressure generated by the burning propellant acts on the base of the piston, forcing the piston to move, thereby permanently compressing the copper cylinder. Pressures measured by this system are expressed in ...
Cox Manufacturing
The RFPI crusher was made ofthe same material specified in the S."MI technical manual for the cylindrical pressure measurement used by ballistic test laboratories to measure the chamber pressure generated when a caltridge is fired and served as the firing-pin indent crusher used for testing centerfire firearms.
Professional Ballistics Lab System 85 User's Manual
The first practical pressure gauge for measuring the pressure inside a gun was invented by Sir Alfred Nobel in the 1860s. This gauge is commonly known as a "crusher gauge". To make a crusher gauge, drill a hole through the barrel into the chamber, fit the hole with a sliding piston, and let the sliding piston crush a
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Conformal Ballistic Pressure Sensors | PCB Piezotronics
Conformal ballistic sensors measure true gun chamber pressure directly through the cartridge case. Main Menu . 0 1 1. Total Customer Satisfaction ... nor change the measurement process. ... with members of SAAMI to provide an accurate rapid-fire electronic production test method to replace the mechanical "copper crusher," the conformal sensor ...
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Force, pressure and strain measurements for traditional . 309 Rakenteiden Mekaniikka (Journal of Structural Mechanics) Vol. 44, No 4, 2011, pp. 309-329 Force, pressure and strain measurements for traditional heavy mortar launch cycle
Stress Analysis and Modification of the M-11 Copper …
1. Assembly Sketch of M-11 Copper Crusher 10 2. Pressure vs. Remaining Length for M-11 Copper Crusher . . 12 3. Crusher Pressure vs. Piezo Pressure 14 4. Finite Element Grid of Copper Crusher With Loading Scheme 17 5. Deformed Finite Element Grid; Result of 550 MPa at -40°C. 18 6. Result of 827 MPa Applied to Modified M-11 Crusher Gage . 21 7.
Uncertainty Analysis of Chamber Pressure …
FANG WANG et al: UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS OF CHAMBER PRESSURE MEASUREMENT BASED ON … DOI 10.5013/ IJSSST.a.17.30.38 38.2 ISSN: 1473-804x online, 1473-8031 print Figure 1. The measuring process of chamber pressure on copper cylinders. The organization of the paper is as follows. In Section II,
Metallic Cartridge Chamber Pressure Measurement
To this day, most published chamber pressure (MAP) data for metallic cartridges is taken by the copper crusher method of measurement. The proper name for this type of measurement is CUP, or Copper Units of Pressure. Another, similar, method uses lead crusher pellets and the resulting pressure values are called "Lead Units of Pressure," or LUP.