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:
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- Madison, AL
- Huntsville, AL
- Toney, AL
- Decatur, AL
- 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):
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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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author = {Mixon, Larry C and Snyder, George W and Hill, Scott D and Johnson, Gregory L and Wlodarski, J Frank and von Spakovsky, Alexis P and Emerson, John D and Cole, James M and Tipton, John P},
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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