Course description
This course provides an understanding of the principles, concepts and techniques of various key facets of GW design, including propellants, explosives, warheads, fuses and terminal effects
Upcoming start dates
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
What you will learn
On successful completion of this module you will be able to:
- Identify the requirements for GW warheads, including choice of explosive and fusing,
- Select and evaluate the warhead, explosive and fuse for use in a GW designed for a given scenario to include terminal effects,
- Analyse the performance of different rocket propellants, and the GW operational requirements that impact their selection.
Training Course Content
Core content
- Warheads: Introduction to the design of warheads in relation to the type of attacks; review of the characteristics of blast, fragmentation and shaped charges and their effects on the design of warheads; assessment of the effect of different warheads on various types of target; review of the explosives components and the safety and arming systems in guided weapons.
- Non-conventional Warhead Technologies: nuclear, chemical & biological warheads.
- Explosives: Review of explosives suitable for warheads and of the various designs of a range of warheads; evaluation of the methods whereby a requirement for a lethal package may be translated into a design; calculation of the characteristics of explosives and high explosives.
- Terminal Effects: Selection of material’s mechanical and physical properties for both the missile and the warhead components.
- Fuses: Review of fuse types and technologies involved as well as the selection of fuse type for different target types and trajectories.
- Rocket Propellants: Liquid propellants (cryogenic and hypergolic), solid propellants (double base and composite), hybrid propellants, modifiers and additives
Course delivery details
Course structure
Classroom lectures and tutorials. Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)-directed study.
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