Fragment Mass Distribution of Debris

Abstract

The equation established by the author for the mass distribution of the natural fragments of an explosive filled projectile, or for that of secondary fragments behind one or several spaced target plates, can also be applied with very good results to the mass distribution of the debris from an exploded aircraft shelter. The two constants required for this, namely, the scale parameter B and the shape parameter lambda can be determined to a usually high confidence level, with a correlation coefficient close to 1, especially when the given total mass M(O) is changed to a "best mass" M(OB) that best describes the actual fragment mass distribution.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 30, 1990
Accession Number
ADA532197

Entities

People

  • Manfred Held

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Ammunition
  • Coefficients
  • Department Of Defense
  • Distribution Functions
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Grain Size
  • High Explosives
  • Information Operations
  • Mathematics
  • Model Tests
  • Projectiles
  • Propelling Charges

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Regression Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris