Accession Number:

AD0255088

Title:

OPTIMUM BURST HEIGHT SETTINGS FOR DUAL PARALLEL FUZE SYSTEMS WHEN INDIVIDUAL FUZE BURST HEIGHTS ARE GAUSSIAN

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

HARRY DIAMOND LABS WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• SERADO,J.J.

Report Date:

1961-03-31

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

A table of optimum burst height settings applicable to fuze systems composed o two independently operating fuzes -- each of which has a Gaussian burst height distribution about a specified HOB -- is provided. The standard deviations of the burst height distribution of both fuzes are assumed identical. Entries of optimum settings, in terms of standard deviation units below desired system burst altitudeARE TABULATED FOR VARIOUS INTERVALS DEFINING PROPER FUZE FUNCTION, COMBINED WITH DUD RATES FROM 0 TO 10 PERCENT. A brief discussion of the mathematical background for the table is included. Author

Descriptors:

• *FUZE SETTERS
• *FUZES(ORDNANCE)
• DETERMINATION
• DETONATIONS
• HIGH ALTITUDE
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• RANGE(DISTANCE)

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE