Calculations of Fragment Velocities from Naturally Fragmenting Munitions.

Abstract

Calculational techniques for predicting warhead performance based upon the fragment velocity distribution are presented and compared with experimental data. A simple technique is shown to be inadequate for many practical configurations. For accurate distributions, a two-dimensional, time- dependent, finite-difference code is shown to be adequate. As an integral part of this code, a model for the effects of casing fragmentation and explosive gas leakage has been included. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADB007377

Entities

People

  • R. R. Karpp
  • W. W. Predebon

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • California
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosive Gases
  • Explosives
  • Fluids
  • Fragmentation
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Observation
  • Projectiles
  • Standards
  • Thin Walls
  • Two Dimensional
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Explosive Engineering.