Fuel-air munition and device
Abstract
An aerially delivered fuel-air munition consisting of an impermeable tank filled with a pressurized liquid fuel and joined at its two opposite ends with a nose section and a tail assembly respectively to complete an aerodynamic shape. On impact the tank is explosively ruptured to permit dispersal of the fuel in the form of a fuel-air cloud which is detonated after a preselected time delay by means of high explosive initiators ejected from the tail assembly. The primary component in the fuel is methylacetylene, propadiene, or mixtures thereof to which is added a small mole fraction of a relatively high vapor pressure liquid diluent or a dissolved gas diluent having a low solubility in the primary component.
- Inventors:
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- Albuquerque, NM
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 862525
- Patent Number(s):
- 3955509
- Assignee:
- United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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C - CHEMISTRY C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES C10L - FUELS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F42 - AMMUNITION F42B - EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(29-1)-789
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- fuel-air; munition; device; aerially; delivered; consisting; impermeable; tank; filled; pressurized; liquid; fuel; joined; opposite; nose; section; tail; assembly; respectively; complete; aerodynamic; shape; impact; explosively; ruptured; permit; dispersal; form; cloud; detonated; preselected; time; delay; means; explosive; initiators; ejected; primary; component; methylacetylene; propadiene; mixtures; added; mole; fraction; relatively; vapor; pressure; diluent; dissolved; gas; solubility; selected time; pressurized liquid; time delay; vapor pressure; liquid fuel; pressure liquid; primary component; preselected time; fuel-air munition; dissolved gas; /102/149/
Citation Formats
Carlson, Gary A. Fuel-air munition and device. United States: N. p., 1976.
Web.
Carlson, Gary A. Fuel-air munition and device. United States.
Carlson, Gary A. Thu .
"Fuel-air munition and device". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/862525.
@article{osti_862525,
title = {Fuel-air munition and device},
author = {Carlson, Gary A},
abstractNote = {An aerially delivered fuel-air munition consisting of an impermeable tank filled with a pressurized liquid fuel and joined at its two opposite ends with a nose section and a tail assembly respectively to complete an aerodynamic shape. On impact the tank is explosively ruptured to permit dispersal of the fuel in the form of a fuel-air cloud which is detonated after a preselected time delay by means of high explosive initiators ejected from the tail assembly. The primary component in the fuel is methylacetylene, propadiene, or mixtures thereof to which is added a small mole fraction of a relatively high vapor pressure liquid diluent or a dissolved gas diluent having a low solubility in the primary component.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {1976},
month = {1}
}
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