SZ/OEMU/28/1/23 - The resistance of sponge rubber to penetration by small high velocity fragments, 4/42

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/28/1/23

Level of description

Item

Title

The resistance of sponge rubber to penetration by small high velocity fragments, 4/42

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

2 leaves

Corporate name

Great Britain. Ministry of Home Security.

Subject

Rubber, Artificial

Creator

Road Research Laboratory

Scope and content

ARP/330/HLDP.ACJ

Steel balls were fired at measured velocities varying from 800 foot/sec. to 2,800 foot/sec., at specimens of sponge rubber. The penetration varied from 400 mm. to 190 mm. respectively for these fragments, and were very considerably greater than the penetration into paper.

Report to the Ministry of Home Security.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/28 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters, 1939-1945]
    - SZ/OEMU/28/1 - [OEMU. CDRC - Splinters: protection of personnel, tests of various materials, etc., 1939-1942]
      - SZ/OEMU/28/1/23 - The resistance of sponge rubber to penetration by small high velocity fragments, 4/42

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