Threat Hazard Assessment - The Key to Insensitive Munitions

Abstract

One aspect of insensitive munitions technology that is required by MIL-STD-2105, yet whose methodology is still ill-defined is the threat hazard assessment (THA). The THA requires definition of the statistical elements of exposure, likelihood, and probable consequences of damage. Current methodologies do not provide means to quantify the probabilities associated with the statistical elements of postulated threat scenarios so that they can be combined for risk assessment. In this paper, the statistically-based threat hazard assessment methodology developed by Atlantic Research Corporation is presented. We discuss how system safety and risk analysis techniques are combined to develop a new procedure that provides quantitative measurement of system risks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA498064

Entities

People

  • Guy B. Spear
  • Kenneth J. Graham

Organizations

  • ARCO

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accidents
  • Collateral Damage
  • Corporations
  • Cycles
  • Engineering
  • Explosives
  • Hazards
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Life Cycles
  • Munitions
  • Probability
  • Risk
  • Risk Analysis
  • Safety
  • System Safety
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Systems Analysis and Design