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Title: Lightweight blast shield

Abstract

A tandem warhead missile arrangement that has a composite material housing structure with a first warhead mounted at one end and a second warhead mounted near another end of the composite structure with a dome shaped composite material blast shield mounted between the warheads to protect the second warhead from the blast of the first warhead.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [2];  [5];  [2];  [2]
  1. Madison, AL
  2. Huntsville, AL
  3. Toney, AL
  4. Decatur, AL
  5. Arab, AL
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
867758
Patent Number(s):
5003883
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by Secretary of Army (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F42 - AMMUNITION F42B - EXPLOSIVE CHARGES, e.g. FOR BLASTING, FIREWORKS, AMMUNITION
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-76
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
lightweight; blast; shield; tandem; warhead; missile; arrangement; composite; material; housing; structure; mounted; near; dome; shaped; warheads; protect; composite structure; composite material; composite mat; warhead mounted; housing structure; /102/

Citation Formats

Mixon, Larry C, Snyder, George W, Hill, Scott D, Johnson, Gregory L, Wlodarski, J Frank, von Spakovsky, Alexis P, Emerson, John D, Cole, James M, and Tipton, John P. Lightweight blast shield. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
Mixon, Larry C, Snyder, George W, Hill, Scott D, Johnson, Gregory L, Wlodarski, J Frank, von Spakovsky, Alexis P, Emerson, John D, Cole, James M, & Tipton, John P. Lightweight blast shield. United States.
Mixon, Larry C, Snyder, George W, Hill, Scott D, Johnson, Gregory L, Wlodarski, J Frank, von Spakovsky, Alexis P, Emerson, John D, Cole, James M, and Tipton, John P. Tue . "Lightweight blast shield". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/867758.
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abstractNote = {A tandem warhead missile arrangement that has a composite material housing structure with a first warhead mounted at one end and a second warhead mounted near another end of the composite structure with a dome shaped composite material blast shield mounted between the warheads to protect the second warhead from the blast of the first warhead.},
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