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out <strong>of</strong> date that it is no longer marketed and <strong>the</strong> new version <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> system can be<br />

assembled for less than half this price.<br />

The drive shaft from <strong>the</strong> stepping motor was connected to a drive chain through a<br />

suitably sized sprocket. The drive chain was connected through a shear pin to <strong>the</strong><br />

underside <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> light carriage (Figure 2) <strong>us</strong>ed to hold <strong>the</strong> foam package in place.<br />

Light steel braces were <strong>us</strong>ed to support <strong>the</strong> upper 30 cm <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> foam sample<br />

column, <strong>the</strong> remaining 70 cm <strong>of</strong> which were allowed to protrude below <strong>the</strong> table level.<br />

The table was guided along two precision shafts and held in place with linear bearings.<br />

The s<strong>of</strong>tware program <strong>us</strong>ed to drive <strong>the</strong> table allowed definition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> acceleration and<br />

deceleration rates and distances. The precision <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> table was checked <strong>us</strong>ing a Spin<br />

Physics 2000 high speed video camera, operated at 2000 frames /sec and was found to be<br />

accurate within <strong>the</strong> sensitivity <strong>of</strong> this instrument. Depending on <strong>the</strong> cutting speed and <strong>jet</strong><br />

conditions, sample penetrations greater than 30 cm. could be anticipated (Figure 3).<br />

When this occurred <strong>the</strong> relatively narrow sample dimensions being <strong>us</strong>ed meant that <strong>the</strong>re<br />

was insufficient rigidity in <strong>the</strong> lower section <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sample and it vibrated in <strong>the</strong> path <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>jet</strong>. A light aluminum frame clamp was accordingly added to provide additional<br />

stiffness and to allow samples up to one meter deep to be tested.<br />

Figure 2. XY Table and Foam Specimens<br />

For most tests samples <strong>of</strong> each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> three foam densities being evaluated were placed in<br />

<strong>the</strong> table at one time and a single common traverse made over all three sequentially. The<br />

samples were located so that <strong>the</strong> nozzle was some 1.25 cm. above <strong>the</strong> top surface <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

samples. The foam samples were prepared by cutting pieces from larger sheets supplied<br />

ei<strong>the</strong>r by <strong>the</strong> Navy (Foam #1) or from a local commercial source (Polystyrene--Foam #2,<br />

S<strong>of</strong>t Urethane foam--Foam #3).<br />

The tests were carried out in two sequential factorial designs. The first evaluation was a 5<br />

level factorial design examining, for three different densities <strong>of</strong> foam, <strong>the</strong> different effects<br />

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