Accession Number:

ADA056353

Title:

Theoretical Prediction of the Blast from DEFA Projectile in Free Air,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MATERIALS RESEARCH LABS ASCOT VALE (AUSTRALIA)

Personal Author(s):

• Jenks,G. J.

Report Date:

1978-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

17.0

Abstract:

Estimates of the peak overpressure and positive impulse have been derived from empirical arguments for the detonation of a single DEFA projectile in free air. Author

Descriptors:

• *PROJECTILES
• *BLAST WAVES
• *MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION
• *HIGH EXPLOSIVE AMMUNITION
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• PEAK VALUES
• SHOCK WAVES
• OVERPRESSURE
• CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
• CODING
• AERIAL TARGETS
• AUSTRALIA
• DETONATIONS
• AIR TO AIR
• SPECIFIC IMPULSE

Subject Categories:

• Numerical Mathematics
• Ammunition and Explosives
• Explosions

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE