Hopkinson bar technology applied to gas gun shot to test rocket part ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia National Laboratories has successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly method to test a rocket part to ensure its avionics can withstand the shock from stage separation during flight. The new method — called the Alternative Pyroshock Test — […]
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Aerospace test at Sandia goes green with alternative to explosives
August 30, 2017 – 11:05 am
By Sue Holmes
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Posted in Space / Astronomy
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Also tagged alternative pyroshock test, explosives alternative, gas gun, Hopkinson bar, stage separation
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