A CAD-E Approach to a Ball Rotor Safe and Arming Device

Abstract

A computer-aided design and engineering approach was developed to study ball rotor safe and arming devices. This approach used mathematical modeling procedures to design inert and loaded prototypes. Ballistic tests guided by a statistical plan were conducted to verify the mathematical models. The inert fuzes were monitored by a flash x-ray system to determine arming distances. A small quantity of 20, 40 and 57 mm projectiles was used. A comparison of the 57 mm results with those of an extensively analyzed and standard 57 mm fuze substantiated the viability of this approach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA056240

Entities

People

  • Russell E. Lerman

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arming Devices
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computers
  • Corporations
  • Engineering
  • Explosive Trains
  • Explosives
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Munitions
  • Projectiles
  • Simulations
  • Weapons
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering