A SCALING LAW FOR FRAGMENTING CYLINDRICAL WARHEADS

Abstract

Existing scaling laws for the prediction of fragment velocities from cylindrical warheads are examined, and a new law is proposed. Tests of the new law are shown, using the best known fragment velocity data. The new law is used for correlating previously unpublished data on length-to-diameter ratio effects and on the behavior of axially hollow warheads. Possibilities for profitable future investigations are outlined in studies of length-to-diameter ratio effects, and in the use of modifications of the new scaling law for correlating 'open-face-sandwich' plate velocity data and fragment velocities from speherical warheads.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0853960

Entities

People

  • Clarence E. Weinland

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diameters
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Export Controls
  • Geometry
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Metals
  • Munitions
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Propellants
  • Scaling Laws
  • Specific Impulse
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design