Accession Number:

AD0691215

Title:

OPTIMIZATION OF ARMAMENT DESIGNxb

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. on Themis optimization research program

Corporate Author:

TEXAS A AND M UNIV COLLEGE STATION INST OF STATISTICS

Personal Author(s):

• Hartley, H. O.
• Hocking, R. R.
• LaMotte, L. R.
• Oxspring, H. H.

Report Date:

1969-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

In the report a method is developed for determining the optimal warhead design for an intercept missile. The problem posed is that of determining the fragment density pattern which will maximize the average probability of destroying an incoming aircraft when the flight parameters of the target are not assumed known but are assumed to follow a known probability law. The problem is formulated as a mathematical programming problem requiring as preliminary computation the determination of an intercept geometry for each possible combination of target parameters. The formulas for these computations are developed, and an example is given.

Descriptors:

• *ANTIAIRCRAFT AMMUNITION
• *FRAGMENTATION AMMUNITION
• *GUIDED MISSILE WARHEADS
• EQUATIONS OF MOTION
• GUIDED MISSILE TRAJECTORIES
• INTERCEPTION PROBABILITIES
• KILL PROBABILITIES
• MISS DISTANCE
• NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING
• OPTIMIZATION
• PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missile Warheads and Fuzes

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE