Effectiveness Testing for Antipropagation Shields Developed for M456 Heat Tank Ammunition

Abstract

Numerous previous tests demonstrated the effectiveness of polyethylene bars emplaced between rounds of M456 HEAT tank ammunition to prevent a second round detonation given the detonation of a first round. However, these tests had a considerable margin of safety and the reliability and associated confidence level were unknown. In this report, a description is given of the statistical design and tests which were performed to establish the shielding thickness needed to be 90% confident that the probability of a second round detonating, given a first round detonation, was less than 0.1.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA107037

Entities

People

  • Jerry Thomas
  • Philip M. Howe

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Ammunition Fragments
  • Detonations
  • Dielectric Polymers
  • Explosives
  • Margin Of Safety
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Probability
  • Projectiles
  • Safety
  • Shielding
  • Tank Ammunition
  • Thickness
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering