Pursuit Deterrent Munition Reserve-Cell Ammonia Battery Redesign Analysis

Abstract

The M86 pursuit deterrent munition (PDM) went into full-scale production in early 1989. At this time a serious design flaw was discovered in the electronics system of the mine. the reserve ammonia battery in the system had a serious performance problem at cold temperatures. This performance problem had not been apparent on the M692/M731 area denial artillery munition (ADAM), a ballistically-launched antipersonnel land mine that was later adapted for hand- emplacement (and subsequently evolved into PDM). A thorough engineering analysis, involving a Taguchi design of experiments, was necessary to determine how the battery could be improved to solve the performance problems encountered. This report discusses this engineering analysis, in detail, from the development of the PDM until the incorporation of the corrective fix for the system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA234943

Entities

People

  • John Printz

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Area Denial
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Design
  • Explosives
  • Horizontal Orientation
  • Materials
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Reserve Batteries
  • Resistance
  • Scatterable Mines
  • Statistical Analysis
  • System Safety
  • Systems Analysis
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Verification Tests

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Munitions and Ordnance Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics