Shaped charge warheads and replica scaling

Authors:

  • Patrik Lundberg

Publish date: 2014-03-11

Report number: FOI-R--3855--SE

Pages: 12

Written in: English

Keywords:

  • Shaped charge
  • scaling

Abstract

Experimental data for shaped charge with three different calibres have been used to develop a correlation between the size of the charge and the properties of the jet. The relationship is used to estimate the amount of electrical energy needed for an electric armour application.