Publications - Warhead Technology

Shaped charge aggression is recognized as one of the most difficult IM tests to pass. The difficulties are in particular linked to the high velocity of the jet that generates intense shocks in munition energetic materials.

The mechanical threats Fragment Impact (FI), Shaped Charge Jet (SCJ) and Explosively Formed Projectile (EFP) are recognized to be really severe because they can lead to a shock to detonation transition of the energetic materials, which is difficult to manage and difficult to mitigate.  Conse

To assist the Insensitive Munitions (IM) community, the Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) began in 2002 to develop a suite of databases collecting information on the six IM tests described in STANAG 4439 Policy for Introduction and Assessment of Insensitive Munitions (MURAT).

The Excel worksheets on GAp TESts (NEWGATES) version 1.10 contains information related to gap tests. In order to be as user friendly as possible, it was decided to develop the database under Excel.

The Excel worksheets on GAp TESts (NEWGATES) version 1.8 contains information related to gap tests. In order to be as user friendly as possible, it was decided to develop the database under Excel.

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The objective of this document is to provide TEMPER users with a tutorial reviewing the main features of TEMPER v2.2. The first section is devoted to the description of the successive steps in a TEMPER simulation.

The Bullet Impact Results Database (BIRD) gathers information related to Bullet Impact (BI) test results. It has been developed in electronic format under Excel2003 to ease its use and take advantage of Excel search features.

The main goals of the BIRD database are:

Aircraft bombs were created just before the First World War.  A large variety of bombs has been produced since then all around the world.  Nowadays, the widely used ones in Western countries are Mk-80 series bombs (figure 1): Mk-81 (250 lbs - 118 kg), Mk-82 (500 lbs - 241 kg), Mk 83 (10

To assist the Insensitive Munitions (IM) community, the Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC) began in 2002 to develop a suite of databases collecting information on the six IM tests described in STANAG 4439, Policy for Introduction and Assessment of Insensitive Munitions (MURAT).&