The properties of Sn–Zn–Al–La fusible alloy for mitigation devices of solid propellant rocket motors
September 2022
The Al and La elements are added to the Sn9Zn alloy to obtain the fusible alloy for the mitigation devices of solid propellant rocket motors. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), metallographic...
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Ballistic response of armour plates using Generative Adversarial Networks
September 2022
It is important to understand how ballistic materials respond to impact from projectiles such that informed decisions can be made in the design process of protective armour systems. Ballistic testing...
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Reaction characteristic of PTFE/Al/Cu/Pb composites and application in shaped charge liner
September 2022
In this paper, the reaction characteristic and its application in shaped charge warhead of a novel reactive material, which introduced copper (Cu) and plumbum (Pb) into traditional polytetrafluoroethylene/aluminum...
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Damage analysis of POZD coated square reinforced concrete slab under contact blast
September 2022
High efficiency, environmental protection and sustainability have become the main theme of the development of the protection engineering, requiring that the components not only meet the basic functions,...
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Vulnerability assessment to projectiles: Approach definition and application to helicopter platforms
September 2022
Survivability is defined as the capability of a platform to avoid or withstand a man-made hostile environment. Military aircraft in particular, but also other kinds of platforms subjected to external,...
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Natural convection effects on TNT solidification inside a shaped charge mold
September 2022
High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) warheads and ammunitions are frequently produced by explosive casting inside an axis-symmetric mold with an inverted conical geometry in the basis. In order to prevent...
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Numerical investigation on free air blast loads generated from center-initiated cylindrical charges with varied aspect ratio in arbitrary orientation
September 2022
In current guidelines, the free air blast loads (overpressure and impulse) are determined by spherical charges, although most of ordnance devices are more nearly cylindrical than spherical in geometry....
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The surface activation of boron to improve ignition and combustion characteristic
September 2022
Boron is a very promising and highly attractive fuel because of high calorific value. However, the practical applications in explosives and propellants of boron have been limited by long ignition delay...
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Thermal hazard assessment of TKX-50-based melt-cast explosive
September 2022
In the present study, thermal hazards of TNT and DNAN used as the molten binder in TKX-50-based melt-cast explosives were comparatively studied through accelerating rate calorimeter (ARC) and Cook-off...
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A bayesian optimisation methodology for the inverse derivation of viscoplasticity model constants in high strain-rate simulations
September 2022
We present an inverse methodology for deriving viscoplasticity constitutive model parameters for use in explicit finite element simulations of dynamic processes using functional experiments, i.e., those...
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Analysis on damage characteristics and detonation performance of solid rocket engine charge subjected to jet
September 2022
To further explore the damage characteristics and impact response of the shaped charge to the solid rocket engine (SRE) in storage or transportation, protective armor was designed and the shelled charges...
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3D laser scanning strategy based on cascaded deep neural network
September 2022
A 3D laser scanning strategy based on cascaded deep neural network is proposed for the scanning system converted from 2D Lidar with a pitching motion device. The strategy is aimed at moving target detection...
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Shock initiation performance of NTO-based polymer bonded explosive
September 2022
3-nitro-1,2,4-tri-azol-5-one (NTO) is a high energy insensitive explosive. To study the shock initiation process of NTO-based polymer bonded explosive JEOL-1 (32%octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine...
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Microcrack- and microvoid-related impact damage and ignition responses for HMX-based polymer-bonded explosives at high temperature
September 2022
Investigating the damage and ignition behaviors of polymer-bonded explosive (PBX) under a coupled impact and high-temperature loading condition is required for the safe use of charged PBXs. An improved...
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Autonomous maneuver decision-making for a UCAV in short-range aerial combat based on an MS-DDQN algorithm
September 2022
To solve the problem of realizing autonomous aerial combat decision-making for unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) rapidly and accurately in an uncertain environment, this paper proposes a decision-making...
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Resistance of grid steel-tube-confined concrete targets against projectile impact: Experimental investigation and analytical engineering model
September 2022
Steel-tube-confined concrete (STCC) targets are provided with excellent anti-penetration performance over semi-infinite concrete (SIC) targets since the steel tube imposes passive restraint on the in-filled...
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Three-dimensional coordinates test method with uncertain projectile proximity explosion position based on dynamic seven photoelectric detection screen
September 2022
To objectively obtain the three-dimensional coordinates of the projectile fuze proximity explosion when projectile intersects the head of missile target, we propose a dynamic seven photoelectric detection...
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A pixel-level local contrast measure for infrared small target detection
September 2022
Infrared (IR) small target detection is one of the key technologies of infrared search and track (IRST) systems. Existing methods have some limitations in detection performance, especially when the...
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Operational feasibility study of stagnation pressure reaction control for a mid-caliber non-spinning projectile
Available online 21 September 2022
Controlled, guided munitions can reduce dispersion in the shot, while providing the capability of engaging both stationary and maneuvering targets. The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific...
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General design principle of artillery for firing accuracy
Available online 21 September 2022
In this paper, based on the topological description method, the kinematic and dynamic equations of the projectile flight and projectile-artillery coupling system during the whole process of firing are...
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Experimental and numerical study on the influence of shaped charge liner cavity filing on jet penetration characteristics in steel targets
Available online 21 September 2022
Penetration characteristic (size and shape of penetration craters made in high hardness ARMSTAL 30PM steel) of shaped charge jets formed after detonations of modified PG-7VM warheads was analyzed in...
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Perforation studies of concrete panel under high velocity projectile impact based on an improved dynamic constitutive model
Available online 17 September 2022
The finite-depth concrete panels have been widely applied in the protective structures, and its impact resistance and dynamic fracture failures, especially the scabbing/perforation limits, under high...
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Robust adaptive precision motion control of tank horizontal stabilizer based on unknown actuator backlash compensation
Available online 16 September 2022
Backlash nonlinearity inevitably exists in the actuator of tank horizontal stabilizer and has adverse effect on the system control performance, however, how to effectively eliminate its effect remains...
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Convenient design of anti-wetting nano-Al/WO3 metastable intermolecular composites (MICs) with an enhanced exothermic life-span
Available online 16 September 2022
For solving the dilemma of the short exothermic life-span of WO3 based metastable interstitial composites (MICs) with extensive application prospect, this paper has firstly designed the promising anti-wetting...
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The skeleton of 5,7-fused bicyclic imidazole-diazepine for heat-resistant energetic materials
Available online 16 September 2022
In light of the low yields and complex reaction routes of some well-known 5,5-fused and 5,6-fused bicyclic compounds, a series of 5,7-fused bicyclic imidazole-diazepine compounds were developed with...
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