Strategy and Goals of the Ballistic Vulnerability/Lethality Division Program for the Investigation of Ballistic Shock Phenomena

Abstract

This special report presents an overview of the Ballistic Vulnerability/Lethality Division's (BVLD) ballistic shock program initiated as an in-house mission program at the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory during 1991. This effort was designed to address BVLD's need for a ballistic shock methodology to incorporate into existing vulnerability models. Current vulnerability assessment models do not handle ballistic shock related damage in a satisfactory manner and since the future trend in armored vehicle development has shown a prevalence for inclusion of shock sensitive electronic components, it is necessary to account for this type of damage mechanism. Hence, there is a need for an improved methodology to fill this void. The current and planned research efforts, rationale, and objectives are presented along with the necessary assumptions needed to incorporate results into analytical tools compatible with current vulnerability models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA283769

Entities

People

  • Donald W. Petty
  • Michael R. Sivack
  • Ricky L. Grote

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Experimental Data
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Frequency
  • Geometry
  • Inclusions
  • Modal Analysis
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Structural Response

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics