Modeling Hypervelocity Impact for Kill Enhancement of Ballistic Missile Warheads

Abstract

Scope of work: A computer code was developed to model various "endgame" encounter configuration scenarios between the EKV and the IBM to quantify and characterize single impacts in the TBM warhead. Numerical simulations using a commercial hydro-code were conducted to model specific single impact scenarios. A damage index directly calculated from simulation results based on the penetration of the projectile and the displacement of the target was developed to quantify the damage inflicted by each impact. The quantified damage of each single case scenario represents a measure of the lethality for each configuration. An Artificial Neural Network (ANN) was developed as a rapid solution model to predict damage indices for a wide range of single impact configurations as a result of the Endgame encounters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA428102

Entities

People

  • Cesar Carrasco
  • Luis A. Espino
  • Octavio Melchor-lucero
  • Roberto Osegueda

Organizations

  • University of Texas at El Paso

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Guided Missiles
  • Hypervelocity Impact
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Mechanics
  • Neural Networks
  • Short Range Ballistic Missiles
  • Simulations
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Structures.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • Hypersonics