A Shaped Charge with Dual Confinement

Abstract

A computational study was performed on a shaped charge device with a double confinement. This concept was previously introduced by Walters and Segletes (Walters, W.P., and S. B. Segletes. 'Shaped Charge Devises With Multiple Confinements'. U.S. Patent 5,847,312, 8 December 1998). The design involved using a dual (or multiple) confinement body on a shaped charge. The goals were to at least maintain the performance of the shaped charge jet and to allow dual (or multiple) waves of fragments from the explosive confinement casings. The computational results from the CTH code indicate that these objectives were accomplished.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA405843

Entities

People

  • Daniel R. Scheffler
  • William P. Walters

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detonation Waves
  • Equations Of State
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • High Explosives
  • High Performance Computing
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Shear Modulus
  • Simulations
  • Stainless Steel
  • Two Dimensional
  • Vaporization

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Explosive Engineering.