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DTIC ADA021833: Terminal Ballistics

This report is an introductory summary of the main phenomena of the detonation and fragmentation of explosive warheads and of the phenomena of high- velocity impact. It covers the techniques for measuring and predicting the extremely rapid and intense exchanges of energy and momentum that occur in the interaction of a warhead with a target. Beginning with the ballistics of gun- launched projectiles, the report develops a parallel description of warhead phenomena. In this process parts of several specialized fields of physical science are used: impact mechanics, the deflagration and detonation of explosives, and the behavior of materials under extremely high loads and high rates of loading.

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