JPH05322485A - Method and apparatus for shooting electrothermal chemical cannon ball - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To strongly shoot a bullet by small power by causing an induced explosion of addition water at the rear of the bullet with addition reactive substance with high temperature gas, shooting the bullet in an apparatus for shooting the bullet with the gas by chemical reaction. CONSTITUTION:A longitudinal cup-shaped conductive vessel 3 formed with a plurality of chambers 21a-21e at a plurality of partition plates 20a-20c and a bullet 8 is engaged with a cup-shaped wall 10 to be engaged with an inner wall of a front end 1b of a casing 1 made of a substantially cylindrical electric insulator. A basic reactive substance 11 is placed in the chamber 21a, and basic water 14 to be reacted with the substance 11 is put in a reaction chamber 13 between the wall 10 and the inner end surface 1b of the rear of the casing. Addition waters 14a, 14b are put in the chambers 21b, 21d, and addition reactive substance 11a, 11b are respectively placed in the chambers 21c, 21e. The water 14 is evaporated by energizing a heating wire 5 to damage the bottom of the vessel with the vapor pressure, and explosions at totally three stages are caused to shoot the bullet 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for launching an electrothermal chemical cannonball, and in particular, a chemical reaction between water and a reaction object is performed a plurality of times to self-amplify the amount of heat generated and to strengthen the ammunition with a small power source. Regarding new improvements for firing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an example of this type of electrothermochemical shell that has been conventionally used, a structure shown in FIG. 2 has been developed. That is, the reference numeral 1 in FIG. 2 is a casing having a substantially cylindrical overall shape and made of an electrical insulator, and a rear wall 1aA of the rear end 1a of the casing 1 is formed.
An electrode 2 having one end 5a of a heating wire 5 made of aluminum or the like integrally connected thereto is screwed into a screw hole 1aB formed at the center of the axis. A screw hole portion 11 is formed on the inner wall of the tip portion 1b of the casing 1, and a wall body 10 made of cup-shaped aluminum or the like is screwed into the screw hole portion 11, and the wall is formed. Body 1
The other end 5b of the heating wire 5 is connected to 0. In addition, the rear inner end surface 1d of the wall body 10 and the casing 1
A closed first reaction chamber 13 formed by is formed, and the basic water 14 is contained in the first reaction chamber 13. An electrically conductive container 3 made of a metal or the like having a cup shape as a whole is fitted and provided in the wall body 10, and a bullet 8 is provided up to a substantially central position of an inner wall 3a of the container 3 in a longitudinal direction. Between the rear wall 3b of the container 3 and the rear end surface 8a of the bullet 8, there is provided a second portion for keeping the basic reaction substance 11 made of aluminum powder or boron powder in a hermetically sealed state.
A reaction chamber 12 is formed. A switch 15 and a power source 16 are connected in series between the electrode 2 and the container 3.

Next, in the above configuration, the switch 13
When turned on, electric power is supplied to the heating wire 5 via the electrode 2 and the container 3, the basic water 14 becomes high temperature steam, and when the vapor pressure of this high temperature steam 7 exceeds a certain value, the aluminum wall 10 and the container 3 are turned on. The bottom portion 3b of the above is destroyed, and this high temperature steam 7 is injected into the basic reaction body 11. At the same time, hydrogen and aluminum oxide are generated as reaction products, and these pressures fire the bullet 8.

[0004]

Since the conventional electrothermal chemical cannonball is constructed as described above, there have been the following problems. In other words, if the amount of water and aluminum powder is increased in order to launch a bullet at high speed with a large explosive force, the power source must also be increased at the same time, and the overall configuration will become larger and meet the needs for downsizing. It was impossible to do.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and in particular, a chemical reaction between water and a reaction substance is performed a plurality of times to self-amplify the amount of heat generated and to strengthen the bullet with a small power source. An object of the present invention is to provide a method and a device for firing an electrothermal chemical cannonball that is designed to fire.

[0006]

The method for firing an electrothermal chemical cannonball according to the present invention is the method for firing an electrothermal chemical cannonball, wherein a bullet is fired by a high temperature gas resulting from a chemical reaction between a basic water and a basic reaction object. It is a method of inducing the additional water and the additional reaction object located behind the bullet by high temperature gas to explode the bullet.

More specifically, it is a method in which a plurality of the additional water and the additional reaction substance are provided alternately, and the explosion is carried out in multiple stages.

The electrothermal chemical cannonball according to the present invention is an electrothermal chemical cannonball which is designed to be fired by a high temperature gas produced by a chemical reaction between a basic water and a basic reaction object provided in a casing. And a reaction product that is provided inside the container and is located behind the bullet and the additional reaction substance.

More specifically, the addition water and the addition reaction substance are provided in a plurality of chambers independently provided in the container.

More specifically, the volume of each chamber is such that it gradually increases from the rear end of the container toward the front end thereof.

More specifically, the basic reaction substance and the addition reaction substance are made of aluminum powder.

More specifically, the basic reaction substance and the addition reaction substance are composed of boron powder.

[0013]

In the method and apparatus for firing an electrothermal chemical cannonball according to the present invention, power is supplied to the heating wire by turning on the switch, the basic water becomes high temperature steam, and the vapor pressure of this high temperature steam exceeds a certain value. The wall and the bottom of the container are destroyed, and this high temperature steam is injected into the basic reaction body. At the same time, the hydrogen and aluminum oxide produced by the reaction react with the addition water in the next stage and the addition reaction object one after another, and the bullet is ejected by a huge energy. The increase rule of this water and the reaction object depends on the energy amplification factor, but in recent experiments, this energy amplification factor is about 10,
In the case of a three-stage configuration, about 1000 times the initial amount is possible.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of a method and apparatus for firing an electrothermal chemical shell according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the same or equivalent portions as those of the conventional example will be described by attaching the same reference numerals. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram showing the overall configuration of a launcher for an electrothermal chemical cannonball according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a casing having a substantially tubular shape as a whole and made of an electric insulator, and a screw formed at an axial center of a rear wall 1aA of a rear end portion 1a of the casing 1. An electrode 2 having one end 5a of a heating wire 5 made of aluminum or the like integrally connected thereto is screwed into the hole 1aB.

A screw hole portion 11 is formed on the inner wall of the rear end portion 1b of the casing 1, and the screw hole portion 11 is formed.
A wall 10 made of cup-shaped aluminum or the like is screwed into the inside, and the other end 5b of the heating wire 5 is connected thereto.

A conductive container 3 made of a metal or the like having a longitudinal cup shape as a whole is fitted and provided in the wall body, and the container 3 has a plurality of partition plates 20a, 20b, 20c and 20d. The first chamber 21a, the second chamber 21b, the third chamber 21c, the fourth chamber 21d, and the fifth chamber 21e are formed by the bullet 8 provided at the tip 3c.

In the first chamber 21a located on the rear end 3d side of the container 3, as in the conventional case, the basic reaction substance 11 made of aluminum powder or boron powder is incorporated.
A closed reaction chamber 13 formed by the wall body 10 and a rear inner end surface 1d of the casing 1 is formed, and in this reaction chamber 13, basic water 14 for reacting with the basic reaction substance 11 is formed. It is built in.

The second chamber 21b contains the first addition water 14a, and the third chamber 21c contains the first addition reaction substance 11a made of aluminum powder or boron powder. The fourth chamber 21d contains the second additional water 14b, and the fifth chamber 21e contains the second addition reaction substance 11a made of aluminum powder or boron powder. Therefore, the above-mentioned basic water 14 and the basic reaction substance 11 form a first stage, the first addition water 14a and the first addition reaction substance 11a form a second stage, and the second addition water 14b and the second addition water 14b form a second stage. The additional reaction substance 11b constitutes a third stage, so that a total of three stages of detonation can be performed. A switch 15 and a power source 16 are connected in series between the electrode 2 and the container 3.

Next, a case where the bullet 8 is actually fired in the above-mentioned structure will be described. First, switch 15
Is turned on, electric power is supplied to the heating wire 5, the basic water 14 becomes high temperature steam, and when the vapor pressure of this high temperature steam exceeds a certain value, the wall 10 and the bottom 3b of the container 3 are destroyed, and this high temperature steam Water vapor enters the basic reaction body 11.

At the same time, the hydrogen and aluminum oxide produced by the reaction destroy the partition wall plate 20a in the next stage and react with the first additional water 14a, and the next partition wall plate 20b destroys the first partition water 20b.
Reacting with the additional reaction object 11a and causing an explosion, larger energy is generated.

Next, the partition plates 20c and 20d are also destroyed one after another, and the second addition water 14b and the second addition reaction substance 11b are obtained.
Reacts in a multi-stage explosion state, and a bullet 8 is fired by the energy generated by the explosion of a total of three stages.

Each chamber 21 formed in the container 3
The volumes of a, 21b, 21c, 21d, and 21e are configured so as to gradually increase from the rear end 3d to the front end 3c, and finally, explosion energy due to the reaction of a large amount of water and the reaction object is configured. ing. Also, the law of increasing the water and the reaction substance depends on the energy amplification factor, but in recent experiments, this energy amplification factor is about 10, so in the case of the three-stage configuration shown in FIG. Energy of about 1000 times can be obtained. Although aluminum or boron is used as the reaction substance in the above-mentioned embodiments, it goes without saying that any other reaction substance can be used.

[0024]

Since the method and apparatus for firing an electrothermal chemical cannonball according to the present invention are constructed as described above, the following effects can be obtained. That is, since water and a reaction substance are alternately provided and a bullet is disposed at the tip position,
The heat generated by the reaction in the first stage is effectively used to induce the next reaction between the increased water and the reaction object to increase the heat generation amount, and further induce the reaction between the water and the reaction object in the next stage. Since the bullet is fired by using the above-mentioned method, an arbitrary amount of energy can be generated and the bullet can be fired without enlarging the power source.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a launching device for an electrothermal chemical cannonball according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a conventional apparatus for launching an electrothermal chemical cannonball.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 casing 3 container 3c front end 3d rear end 8 bullet 11 basic reaction object 11a, 11b additional reaction object 14 basic water 14a, 14b additional water 21a-21e chamber

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A method of firing an electrothermal chemical cannonball, wherein a bullet (8) is fired by a high temperature gas resulting from a chemical reaction between a basic water (14) and a basic reaction object (11), wherein the bullet (8) is discharged by the high temperature gas. A method for firing an electrothermal chemical cannonball, characterized in that the additional water (14a, 14b) and the additional reaction object (11a, 11b) located behind the (8) are blasted to fire the bullet (8). 2. The addition water (14a, 14b) and the addition reaction substance (11)
2. A method for firing an electrothermal chemical cannonball according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of a, 11b) are provided alternately and the detonation is carried out in multiple stages. 3. Basic water (14) provided in the casing (1)
An electrothermal chemical cannonball which is designed to emit a bullet (8) by a high temperature gas resulting from a chemical reaction between the basic reaction substance (11) and a container having a bullet (8) at the tip provided in the casing (1).
(3), the additional water (14a, 14b) and the additional reaction substance (11a, 11b) located behind the bullet (8) provided in the container (3) are provided. Electrothermal chemical shell. 4. The addition water (14a, 14b) and the addition reaction substance (11)
The electrothermal chemical cannonball according to claim 3, wherein a and 11b) are provided in a plurality of chambers (21b to 21e) independently provided in the container. 5. The volume of each chamber (21b-21e) is the container
(3) The electrothermal chemical cannonball according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the electrothermal chemical cannonball is configured so as to gradually increase from the rear end (3d) toward the front end (3c). 6. The basic reaction body (11) and an addition reaction body
The (11a, 11b) is made of aluminum powder, and the electrothermal chemical shell according to any one of claims 3 to 5. 7. The basic reaction body (11) and an addition reaction body
The (11a, 11b) is made of boron powder, and the electrothermal chemical cannonball according to any one of claims 3 to 5.