The Forward and Adjoint Monte Carlo Estimation of the Kill Probability of a Critical Component Inside an Armored Vehicle by a Burst of Fragments

Abstract

Alternate forms of the defining integral which predicts the kill probability of a critical component in a military vehicle by a burst of fragments have been derived. A brief outline of a general Monte Carlo solution of each form is given. The calculational advantages of applying each solution in a ballistic vulnerability methodology are noted. A hypothetical problem is devised and its solution is calculated using each method. The answers to the problem agreed within the calculated standard deviations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA093503

Entities

People

  • William Beverly

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armored Vehicles
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Inert Materials
  • Kill Probabilities
  • Materials
  • Military Vehicles
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Munitions
  • Normal Distribution
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability
  • Probability Density Functions
  • Sampling
  • Shaped Charges
  • Two Dimensional

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  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Systems Analysis and Design