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Hypervelocity Impact Research Laboratories Universities and Institutes in US: Institute for Shock Physics, Washington State University Lindhurst Laboratory of Experimental Geophysics, California Institute of Technology Mechanical Properties Research Laboratory (MPRL), Georgia Institute of Technology Plate Impact Facility, Clifton's Lab, Brown University The Institute for Advanced Technology (IAT), University of Texas at Austin Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics & Engineering Research, Baylor University Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology D.K. Wright Jr. Laboratory, Case Western Reserve University (more info) Dynamic Inelasticity Laboratory, Northwestern University Pouter Applied Mechanics, Stanford Research Institute Space Research Institute, Auburn University (Hypervelocity Impact Facility PDF) Ballistics and Explosive Engineering Section, Southwest Research Institute Shock Compression Laboratory, Harvard University Universities and Institutes outside US: Dynamic Fracture Laboratory, Israel Institute of Technology Shock Wave Research Center, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan Kondo and Nakamura group, Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology Ice and Planetary Science Laboratory at Institute of Low Temperature Science has gas guns in a cold room, Hokkaido University, Japan The Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge (Fracture & Shock Physics Group) Impact Research Centre, University of Liverpool Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science (CAPS) Light Gas Gun, University of Kent at Canterbury, U.K. High Frequency Two-Stage Light-Gas Gun, Centro Interdipartimentale Studi ed Attivitą Spaziali "G.Colombo" (CISAS), Italy Gas Dynamics and Combustion Lab, CNR-TEMPE, Italy Impact Physics at the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Germany Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics (Southwest Institute of Fluid Physics), Mianyang, China Lab. of High Pressure Physics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China Gas Dynamics lab, Institute for Chemical Physics Research, Chernogolovka, Russia The Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF), Sarov, Russia NASA: NASA Ames: Ballistics Range Complex including the Ames Vertical Gun Range NASA Glenn: Ballistic Impact Facility NASA Johnson Space Center: Experimental Impact Laboratory NASA White Sands Test Facility: Hypervelocity Impact Test Facility (HITF), ARES HITF Page National Laboratories: Los Alamos National Laboratory: Detonation Science & Technology Facility, Shock Physics program Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Sandia National Laboratories: Shock Technology and Applied Research Facility (STAR) Private Companies: Boeing Shock Physics Laboratory Battelle's High Energy Research Laboratory Area (HERLA) BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Technology Centre Gas Gun Vendors: Physics Applications Inc. (PAI), US Thiot Ingenierie, France Other types of impact and shockwave facilities: Ram Accelerator Facility, U. Washington Z Accelerator, isentropic compression experiments (PDF), Sandia (more info) The Heidelberg Dust Accelerator Facility, Germany (particle accelerator) |
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