THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF DETONATION WAVE REINFORCEMENT AND SHAPING TECHNIQUES

Abstract

A study has been performed to determine the design criteria for a shaped charge and the associated linear geometry, employing wave shaping techniques. Heretofore, shaped charge jets have been characterized by a velocity gradient along the jet. The objective of this study was to design a shaped charge which would produce a jet characterized by a uniform velocity. Such a jet would be projected downrange essentially as a single particle rather than a spray of fine particles. Parametric equations for a wave shaping lens were solved by an internally programmed digital computer. The proposed shaped charge design, featuring a cylindrical, metallic liner and a wave shaping lens of Polypropylene plastic, was fabricated and test firings were accomplished.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0454577

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Design Criteria
  • Detonation Waves
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Particles
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering