{"id":290,"date":"2007-02-07T16:21:01","date_gmt":"2007-02-07T16:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.com\/wp\/?p=290"},"modified":"2007-02-07T16:21:01","modified_gmt":"2007-02-07T16:21:01","slug":"determination-of-the-velocity-of-fragments-produced-from-exploding-firework-maroon-shells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=290","title":{"rendered":"Determination of the Velocity of Fragments Produced from Exploding Firework Maroon Shells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"TimesNewRomanPSMT\"> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>S. G. Myatt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/font> <\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>ABSTRACT:<\/strong> This paper describes a method for determining the velocity of fragments produced when firework maroon shells explode. Fragment velocities for shells fired in free air and in steel mortar tubes (causing them to rupture) are reported. velocity of plastic shell casing fragments that was recorded (964 m\/s) was substantially higher than that measured for steel mortar fragments (512 m\/s). The magnitude of the velocities measured indicates the potential hazard associated with these fragments and the need to consider methods of reducing such hazards.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> mortar, firework, shell, maroon, steel, velocity, fragment, salute, report, exploding, explosion<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Ref:<\/strong> JPyro, Issue 8, 1998, pp43-51<br \/> (J8_43)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S. G. Myatt ABSTRACT: This paper describes a method for determining the velocity of fragments produced when firework maroon shells explode. Fragment velocities for shells fired in free air and in steel mortar tubes (causing them to rupture) are reported. velocity of plastic shell casing fragments that was recorded (964 m\/s) was substantially higher than &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=290\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Determination of the Velocity of Fragments Produced from Exploding Firework Maroon Shells<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}