A Method for Predicting Fragmentation Characteristics of Natural and Performed Explosive Fragmentation Munitions

Abstract

New methodology for simulating performance of explosive fragmentation munitions presented in this work integrates three-dimensional axisymmetric hydrocode analyses with analytical fragmentation modeling. The newly developed computational technique is applied to both the natural and preformed explosive fragmentation munitions problems. The developed model remarkably accurately predicts the fragment spray experimental data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA403989

Entities

People

  • Ernest L. Baker
  • John M. Hirlinger
  • Koon W. Ng
  • Vladimir M. Gold

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Axisymmetric
  • Computer Programs
  • Constitutive Equations
  • Distribution Curves
  • Distribution Functions
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Shaped Charges
  • Three Dimensional
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.