Terminal Effectiveness, Vulnerability Methodology and Fragmentation Warhead Optimization. 1. A Technical Survey from an Historical Perspective

Abstract

The design of a fragmentation warhead for optimal effectiveness requires a knowledge of fragment formation, launch and flight characteristics as well as penetration ability and target vulnerability. In addition, a knowledge of the expected engagement conditions between warhead and target as well as weight, volume and other design constraints is needed. Present views of the subject have developed over more than forty years, so it is to be expected that an intimate knowledge of this development will prove to be helpful in making further progress. For this reason various historical threads are woven together with new material in this report in order to lay the groundwork for future advances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA085021

Entities

People

  • James T. Dehn

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Artillery
  • Computational Science
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fragmentation Warheads
  • Geometry
  • Grids
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Munitions Testing
  • Ordnance Laboratories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Weapons Effects

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  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design