Calculation and optimization of lethal power of controlled fragmentation warheads with diamond notch grid

Abstract

The lethal power is the critical design index of the explosive warhead, mainly related to the number and mass of fragments formed by the warhead case. For the controlled fragmentation warhead case containing notches, the notch depth and spacing are the main factors affecting the fragment formation. This paper analyzes the influence of the notch number and depth on the network of fracture trajectories. It establishes a calculation model for the mass and number of fragments of warheads with various groove parameters. The lethal radius is obtained from the calculated fragment data and compared with the results of the experimental data and numerical simulation. The paper uses the genetic algorithm to obtain the optimal solution under various design variables, taking the groove depth and the number of circumferential grooves as the design variables and the lethal radius as the optimization objective. The optimized result is higher than without optimization.