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Determining And Mitigating The Effects Of Firing A Linear Shaped Charge Under Water, Brian Burch
Determining And Mitigating The Effects Of Firing A Linear Shaped Charge Under Water, Brian Burch
Masters Theses
"When fired under water, a Linear Shaped Charge (LSC) does not penetrate a steel target as well as in air. This lack of performance has been a problem for shaped charge manufacturers and their clients. It was obvious that this degradation of performance is due to water having a higher density than air and water being incompressible compared to air. This study aimed to better determine how the water was affecting the LSC and to provide a method of mitigation.
LSCs of different sizes were submerged under water and fired through the water with and without a target. It was …