DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL MULTI-POINT, SIMULTANEOUSLY-INITIATED, UNDERWATER LINE CHARGES

Abstract

The development is described of 2 line charges and the initiators for them. The charges were made for a research program on explosive echo ranging. The line charges consisted of: (a) primacord initiated at a number of points simultaneously by a T detonator; and (b) a commercial plastic explosive in the form of a rod also initiated simultaneously at a number of points by the central initiation of strands of mild detonating fuse. Simultaneity of initiation between points was about !1.5 microsec for both systems. The practical construction details for the charges and the initiators are described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0329079

Entities

People

  • Howard S. Leopold

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Construction
  • Detonations
  • Detonators
  • Echo Ranging
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Explosives Initiators
  • Fabrication
  • Lead Azides
  • Maryland
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design