A Shotline Method for Modeling Projectile Geometry

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Abstract:

Most vulnerabilitylethality programs represent the path of a penetrator through a target by one-dimensional shotline. This approach is insufficient for projectiles with shoulder-fuzed contact or influence fuzes. It also fails to treat effectively discontinuities, obliquities, and small components found in typical targets. This report presents a modification of the shotline method in which the projectile is represented by a bundle of planetary rays disposed around the main ray. The program, MISFIR, computes effective standoffs for each cell. MISFIR will be critical in determining the lethality of warheads with modern fuze design. An applications program, FUZES, which treats issues concerning a hypothetical projectile, is also discussed. Source listings and sample output are provided in appendixes. The sample run illustrates the importance of considering the 3-D geometry of the projectiletarget system. Keywords Projectile trajectories Projectile fuzes GIFT computer program Vulnerability analysis Shotlining Target description COMGEON computer program Warhead lethality and MISFIR.

Author(s):
Tanenbaum, Paul J.
Author Organization(s):
ARMY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
Descriptive Note:
Final rept.
Pagination:
0072

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
BRL-TR-2738
Project Number(s):
1L162618AH80
Monitor Series:
BRL
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.1.2_Wireless Transmission
Modernization Areas:
Quantum Science and Computing; Space
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*PROJECTILE TRAJECTORIES, *PROJECTILES, COMPUTER PROGRAMS, FUZES(ORDNANCE), GEOMETRY, LETHALITY, MODELS, ONE DIMENSIONAL, PARTS, PENETRATION, PROJECTILE FUZES, PROXIMITY FUZES, SOURCES, TARGET RECOGNITION, TARGETS, VULNERABILITY, WARHEADS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Armor
Keyword(s):
SHOTLINING, MISFIR COMPUTER PROGRAM, GIFT COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMGEON COMPUTER PROGRAM, ASH80, PE62618A
Report Date:
1986 Jun 01