Mobile Target Secondary Debris (MTSD)

ABSTRACT: Karagozian & Case (K & C) is pleased to submit this proposal for a nine-month Phase I project to demonstrate the feasibility of developing innovative experimental and modeling methodologies to quantify and assess the effects from secondary debris generated by mobile targets or nearby mobile non-targets. As stated in Air Force topic AF121-095, the secondary debris generated by disintegrating vehicles subjected to conventional weapons effects (CWE) can be lethal to personnel and can damage structure and equipment of collateral concern. The effect of secondary debris on collateral concerns is of great importance to the warfighter for effective planning and targeting and must be addressed in the Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manuals (JMEM) Weaponeering System (JWS) tools. JWS is a target oriented system allowing users to determine the effectiveness of weapon systems against a specified target irrespective of the weapon delivery mode. The development of an engineering tool for JWS to predict secondary debris and enable lethality, risk, and collateral damage estimation will require methods for obtaining reliable and useful quantities to characterize secondary debris data. This necessitates development of experimental and instrumentation methodologies for accurate and economic collection of test data. BENEFIT: There is a great interest in the commercial market for the products that may be developed in this research project especially for agencies/industries that have particular concerns related to the risks engendered by car bombs. This includes secondary debris generated by a disintegrating vehicle or nearby vehicles due to an explosive event.