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Title: Projectile-generating explosive access tool

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1084261

A method for generating a projectile using an explosive device that can generate a projectile from the opposite side of a wall from the side where the explosive device is detonated. The projectile can be generated without breaching the wall of the structure or container. The device can optionally open an aperture in a solid wall of a structure or a container and form a high-kinetic-energy projectile from the portion of the wall removed to create the aperture.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
8,459,185
Application Number:
13/230,216
OSTI ID:
1084261
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Directional Charge Explosive Device patent November 1969
Wall breaching warhead patent November 2002
Single-step contact explosive device for breaching reinforced walls and method of use therefor patent April 2011
Shaped Charges patent August 1956