R3 Technology, Inc. also represents client products and capabilities.

BALLISTIC RESEARCH AND TESTING

Two of R3 Technology, Inc. clients maintain world class facilities for ballistics and explosive research and testing.   The Ernst Mach Institute in Freiburg, Germany has extensive capabilities for doing dynamic characterization of materials, interior ballistics, terminal ballistics, computer modeling.   TNO, The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research also maintains extensive capabilities.   TNO has developed a unique test fixture that enables them to use an air cannon to launch an RPG warhead and very precisely control the time of detonation and the impact location.   TNO holds an international reputation for its expertise in the dynamic performance of textiles and also maintains facilities to permit the manufacturer of specialized propellants and other energetic materials.   They have unique experience and expertise in the development of solid fuel ramjet projectiles.

TYPICAL RANGE

The above illustration indicates the components of a typical range configuration.

LAUNCH CAPABILITIES

The graph of velocity versus mass illustrates the launch capabilities provided by the various launchers in the figure above.   These facilities are fully instrumented, including multiple cinematographic flash x-ray systems, ultra high speed cameras, and much more.   The images below show one cinematographic system with an 8 - head anode, an illustration of the setup, and the results obtained during an impact experiment.

EXPERIMENTAL BLAST ANALYSIS

Sub-scale and full-scale testing, coupled with modeling, provides and effective and efficient means to understand the influence of various parameters and to reach objectives (shape, materials, etc) with improved confidence and lower costs.

R3 Technology, Inc. Ballistic Data System

R3 Technology, Inc. has developed a unique ballistics input and retrieval system.  It is based on open source software and can be used on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.   In addition to providing custom support, R3 Technology sells reports and/or data sets.   The data is being expanded every month.   Terminal Ballistics Data points for impacts against Semi-Infinite Target now exceed 2500 points.    V50, VS/VR, and other data sets are being created.  The system starts with raw data that can be entered via any text editor.   The raw files can be appended to other files permitting segregation of proprietary or classified data with merging as needed (and appropriate).   The raw data files can be used to generate HTML reports and plots, or the data can be exported into an XML schema for processing with other software.   Contact us for information on purchasing reports or XML data files.   We also support clients in porting their existing data to this system and creating specialized reports and analysis for things such as V50 testing.