US Government as Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Johns Hopkins University

David Michael Lunking

Timothy P Weihs

Matthew Henderson Ervin

Various embodiments are directed to systems, apparatus and methods for guiding flame within a device such as a thermal battery, wherein a first energetic produces a flame that is guided toward each of a plurality of secondary energetics via respective paths within the device.

System and method for routing flame within an explosive device

An embodiment in accordance with the present invention provides a method for creating and consolidating fragments and a useable structure formed from said consolidated fragments. The method includes swaging a metal powder into a first consolidated structure. The consolidated structure is ground to form particles and the particles are sifted to select those with a predetermined diameter. The particles having the predetermined diameter can then be swaged into a second consolidated structure. The resultant second consolidated structure is therefore configured to fragment controllably. The second consolidated structure can also be formed from reactive metal laminates such that the structure also has chemical energy.

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Columbia, MD, United States of America

David Michael Lunking