Optimization of the Production Process, Characterization and Efficiency of a Linear Detonation Shaped Charge with a Small Linear Mass of the Explosive Core

 

Dušan Vračarić

Slavica Terzić

 

This paper presents an optimization of the production process of  the Linear Detonation Shaped Charge (LDSC) of a small linear mass of the explosive charge by rolling technology. Quality requirements and basic features of the produced LDSCs are given, as well as the test results of the reliability of their initiation and detonation run through the entire LDSC length. The results of the LDSC cutting efficiency on two kinds of materials of various thickness are presented and analyzed. The cutting tests are performed on the canopy of the  LASTA training aircraft by the system for cutting, in static conditions. The obtained results are analyzed and presented in photographs

Key words: aircraft, cockpit, acrylate glass, detonation cutting, graphitized RDX, technological process, rolling, cumulative effect, test results.