Cylindrical Warhead Design Optimization

Abstract

This report documents the Cylindrical Warhead Design Optimization segment of the Weapons Optimization Techniques computer program. This segment enables the user to optimize or parameterize the basic design parameters of a theoretical warhead for a given target or set of targets. The warhead lethality is determined as a function of the basic design parameters: warhead weight, warhead volume, warhead diameter, charge-to-metal ratio, fragment mass, ratio of warhead length to diameter, and fragment height-to-width ratio. This segment can also optimize or parameterize height of burst, terminal velocity, impact angle, and fragment spray angle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0900586

Entities

People

  • Frank A. Moescher
  • Timothy C. Ponder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Blast
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Diameters
  • Explosives
  • Height Of Burst
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Optimization
  • Standards
  • Terminals
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warheads
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Operations Research