Tandem warhead considerations for electronic safety and arming devices

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:7196003

Dell, D; Medina, A

There are four issues that an ESA designer must address when designing a tandem system: (1) warhead detonation shock, (2) warhead detonation ion cloud, (3) warhead detonation electromagnetic pulse, and (4) slapper/sparkgap electromagnetic pulse. Each of these hazards can upset the ESA time delay circuitry which would then either dud the munition or prematurely detonate the main charge. 14 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7196003
• Report Number(s): SAND-89-2427C; CONF-9004160-1; ON: DE90009006
• Resource Relation: Conference: 34. annual fuze section meeting, San Diego, CA (USA), 4-5 Apr 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES
SURVIVAL CURVES
IMPACT SHOCK
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
DETONATIONS
STRUCTURAL MODELS
SHIELDING
ACCURACY
CLOUDS
DESIGN
DIGITAL SYSTEMS
IMPLEMENTATION
IONS
TIME DEPENDENCE
CHARGED PARTICLES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
PULSES
RADIATIONS
WEAPONS
450200* - Military Technology
Weaponry
& National Defense- Nuclear Explosions & Explosives
654001 - Radiation & Shielding Physics- Radiation Physics
Shielding Calculations & Experiments