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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 594-605.doi: 10.12382/bgxb.2022.0670

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Modeling of Interior Trajectory of Water-driven Underwater Launch Device with Two-stage Piston

DING Yanchao, WANG Baoshou*(), WU Wenting, LIU Xinhui, TONG Xin   

  1. Taihu Laboratory of Deepsea Technological Science, China Ship Scientific Research Center, Wuxi 214082, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2022-07-26 Online:2024-02-29
  • Contact: WANG Baoshou

Abstract:

In order to meet the requirements of underwater launch technology in large deep environment, a new water-driven underwater launch device with two-stage piston is proposed. The launch device is driven by high-pressure water in large deep environment to launch projectiles rapidly. A dynamic model of projectile pulled out of launching tube is established, and the principle verification test using high-pressure water-driven scheme is carried out. And the test data are compared with those of the reference test using high-pressure gas-driven scheme. The results show that the interior trajectories of water- and gas-driven schemes are basically the same. The comparative advantage of the high-pressure water-driven scheme is very obvious in large depth environment. The peak acceleration appears mainly in two moving processes, namely the launching instant and interstage transition between two stage pistons. The acceleration of projectile motion changes sharply in the interstage transition. The trajectory predicted results show that the maximum velocity range is 7.4-15.3m/s and the maximum acceleration is less than 100m/s2under the condition of the underwater launching depth of 100-500m. The results verify the feasibility of the underwater launch device of two-stage piston driven by water pressure, which provides the design basis for the further development of launch device.

Key words: underwater launch in large deep water, water drive, two-stage piston cylinder, modeling of interior trajectory

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