MK 82 bomb characterization donor study

Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6415150· OSTI ID:6415150

Lucht, R. A.; Hantel, L. W.

Optical, radiographic, and electronic pin techniques were used to evaluate the fragmentation of tail- and side-initiated MK 82 MOD 1 general-purpose bombs. The bombs were found to contain large voids in the Tritonal explosive fill, which were randomly located from bomb to bomb. The void-side fragments had slightly greater average velocity in the far field. The nonvoid-side wall expansion rate was greater than for the void side for the first few centimeters of motion and then was overtaken by the void-side expansion in the 60- to 100-mm expansion region. The nonvoid-side behavior was quite uniform from bomb to bomb; the void-side expansion was not reproducible from bomb to bomb or from location to location on the same bomb. The data collected will be useful in evaluating suppression systems designed for use with MK 82 bombs. 21 tabs., 52 figs., 11 refs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6415150
• Report Number(s): LA-11542-MS; ON: DE89009963
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
BOMBS
DETONATIONS
VELOCITY
COMPILED DATA
EXPANSION
EXPLOSIVES
FRAGMENTATION
SHOCK WAVES
STREAK CAMERAS
TNT
VOIDS
X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY
CAMERAS
CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES
DATA
INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY
INFORMATION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NITRO COMPOUNDS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATION DETECTORS
WEAPONS
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450202 - Explosions & Explosives- Nuclear- Weaponry- (-1989)