New Wave-Shaping Concepts in Fragmentation Munitions

Abstract

A new technique which involves a method of controlling the form of shock waves induced in fragmentation munitions is described. The shock waves are tailored in such a way as to deliberately induce a novel mode of fracture in such munitions. The result is a substantial increase (as much as a factor of five) in the number of fragments produced from a given exploding shell. Results of the experiments confirm the theoretical predictions extremely well in terms of (a) the production of a new fracture mode, (b) a substantial increase in number of fragments, (c) optimum design configurations and (d) velocity of fragments produced.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA026067

Entities

People

  • Charles J. Polley
  • John F. Mescall
  • Paul V. Riffin

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Gaps
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • High Pressure
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Munitions
  • Radial Stress
  • Shock Waves
  • Stress Waves
  • Stresses
  • Tensile Stress
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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