Safety and Arming Device Design Principles
Abstract
This report documents the principles that have been used by fuze designers at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., for over 30 years in the creation of safety devices for warheads in missiles and free fall weapons. The underlying philosophy in implementing safety and arming (S&A) device design safety requirements is very conservative. This approach is dictated by two factors: (1) the extremely severe consequences associated with safety failures; and (2) the difficulties in determining with adequate confidence what the safety failure rate is for any given system while considering all possible manufacture to target scenarios up to, and including, accidents and combat. This report describes the most sound methodology to approach the design of an S&A device that meets as closely as possible the requirements for safety and reliability.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA363924
Entities
People
- Steven E. Fowler
Organizations
- Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division