A Theoretical Approach to the Matching of Fuze and Warhead Characteristics for Anti-Aircraft Guided Weapons

Abstract

As a sequel to the publication of a preliminary study of warhead characteristics it was required to modify certain of the theoretical assumptions made therein to represent more precisely combat conditions. In this report, therefore, a theory is presented relating, generally, the warhead shape to the distributions of fragments and targets about the missile: it is shown that the problem of designing a warhead to satisfy a given fragment distribution is not capable of a unique solution. As an example of the use of the theory, and to indicate the nature of the results, it is applied to a simple probability model representative of the engagement of a target by missiles fitted with V.T. fuzes. Methods are suggested by which the general theory may be modified to meet more stringent demands.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1950
Accession Number
ADA492315

Entities

People

  • F. J. Fayers
  • J. K. Clayton
  • R. G. Keats
  • W. R. Hynd

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Boundaries
  • Differential Equations
  • Distribution Functions
  • Equations
  • Gaussian Distributions
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Guided Weapons
  • Lethality
  • Lines (Geometry)
  • Probability
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Three Dimensional
  • United States
  • Weapons

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