AMMUNITION MOCK-UP FOR TESTING MATERIALS AND EXPLOSIVES FOR HEAVING-SHATTERING EFFECTS Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: testing of materials and explosives. SUBSTANCE: ammunition mock-up has cylindrical case with constant thickness of wall, explosive charge located in it. Case is closed with cover and bottom on butts. Detonator has socket to house primer-detonator. Cover has hole for primer-detonator. Case has length-inner diameter ratio of 3.8-4.2 and thickness of case wall to its outer diameter ratio of 1/12 or 1/10 or 1/8 1/6. Thickness of bottom and cover amounts to 0.45-0.55 of inner diameter of case. Thickness of bottom may be equal to thickness of case wall. Cover and bottom can be manufactured from material of case of from material having different properties. Shape and structural make of cover and bottom and their joining to case can be various. Bottom can be provided with spacer to suppress waves. EFFECT: improved capability to determine shattering properties of explosive and its heaving power in the course of one experiment. 15 cl, 19 dwg