Researching acceleration and deceleration processes of supercavitating strikers under the conditions of hydroballistic track

Abstract

Abstract Laboratory researches of the processes accompanying high-velocity motion of super-cavitating strikers under water, conducted under the conditions of a hydroballistic track imply the acceleration of a striker within a ballistic barrel to speeds exceeding 200 m/s and consequent partial or complete deceleration within a water tank. The results of experimental and theoretical researches concerning the acceleration and deceleration processes are considered in the given work as well as the estimation of the force and pressure values impacting the striker.