The Munroe Effect: A Professional look at the Science of High Explosive Shape Charges for various applications

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Chapter 1: Formulation of the ideology of shape charges I; Misnomers; Shaped Charge Applications; The Warhead Family; HISTORY OF THE SHAPED CHARGE THROUGH WORLD WAR II; The "Gas Jet" Period: 1883-1938; The Cavity Effect That Was Not A Shaped Charge; Beginning Of Shaped Charge Research - The Unlined Cavity Period; Gustav Bloem -1885; WASAG and Neumann -1911; British Trials - 1913; THE LINED CAVITY PERIOD: MID-1930s TO DATE; German Discoveries; Allied Discoveries; Beginning of United States Involvement - Late 1940; The German MISTEL, the World's Largest Shaped Charge Weapon - 1944; HISTORY OF THE SHAPED CHARGE DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FROM 1888 TO 1950; History Of The Shaped Charge Development In The United States - 1888-1950; The U.S. Beginning - The Munroe Period: 1888-19; The U.S. Inactive Period - 1900-1940; The Watson Patents - 1921-1925; Professor Wood - 1936; British Influence; Mohaupt vs. Thomanek - Who was First?; Mohaupt's Discovery; Introduction of the Bazooka; Problems of the Bazooka; Other U.S. Army Developments in WWU; Navy Developed Shaped Charges, WWII Post-War Shaped Charge Research; Chapter 2: Formulation of the ideology of shape charges II; Dr. Charles Edward Munroe; Chapter 3: Fundamental attributes to shape charge design I; Chapter 4: Fundamental attributes to shape charge design II; SPACED ARMOR; STRIKING ANGLE; TERMINAL VELOCITY; TRUNCATION; ROTATION; PENETRATION DATA; SHAPED-CHARGE DESIGNS; Chapter 5: Fundamental attributes to shape charge design and post-detonation effects; Liner Material; Liner Thickness; III. THEORY OF JET FORMATION AND PENETRATION; B. Theory of Jet Penetration; III. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; 1. Liner material; 2. Apex angle; 4. Charge Dimensions; 5. Type of Explosive; IV. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; A. Penetration Studies; C. Mechanics of Penetration; D. Slug Formation and Metallographic Observations; E. Jet Hole Characteristics; Collapse Time and Kinetic Energy; Chapter 6: Theory and Calculations; Division into Phases; Phase 1--Effects of Pressures and Deviator Stresses; Continuity Equation; 2. Radial Motion; Energy Equation; Definition of Variables; Extension of Phase 1 to Mixed Cells; PART I - EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MODES OF INITIATION; PART II - VARIATION OF EXPLOSIVE PARAMETERS; REFERENCES; Appendix A; Chapter 7: The Affirmation of shape charges; I. INTRODUCTION; II. THEORY; III. LINER THICKNESS VARIATIONS; IV. EXPLOSIVE HOMOGENEITY; V. EXPLOSIVE ASYMMETRY; VI. CONFINEMENT ASYMMETRY; VII. CONCLUSION; LIST OF SYMBOLS; Chapter 8: Mitigations and Analytics of SC’s; I. PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION; II. SOLUTION RELATED TO DEVICE FUNCTION; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE JET SENSITIVITY TEST; Test Design and Assembly; Description of Components; The Shaped Charge; Standoff Tube; The Cover; The Explosive Test sample; The Witness Block; Conduct of the Test; Method of Calculating Test Results; Important Test Parameters and Non-Standard Tests; 3. TEST CALIBRATION; 4. INSTRUMENTATION OF THE TEST; 5. RESULTS; 6. DISCUSSION; Comments on Jet Sensitivity Results; Summary of Jet Initiation Mechanisms; 7. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: Design and Structure of shape Charges; THE SHAPED CHARGE CONCEPT; Chapter 10: The Shape Charge Concept; Characterizing the Flow Caused by Impact and Penetration; Chapter 11: Criteria and Fundamentals of Shape Charges—Jet formations; Shock Boundary Condition Body Boundary Condition; Pressure on the Body; Chapter 12: Formative attributes of Shape Charges—The liners; PYROTECHNIC SHOCK: A LITERATURE SURVEY OF THE LINEAR SHAPED CHARGE (LSC); I. INTRODUCTION; II. LINEAR SHAPED CHARGES; B. Composition and Thermodynamics; C. Usage; III. METHODS OF PYROTECHNIC TESTING; A. Simulated Testing; 1. Hammer Testers; 2. Shaker Tables; Chapter 13: Design and structure of Shape Charge warheads I; E.F.P.’s Explosive formed Projectiles; HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank); Shape charge designs