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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2018
Jorge Castellanos, LaPlata, MD (US);
Demitrios Stamatis, LaPlata, MD (US);
Samuel B. Emery, Alexandria, VA (US);
David O. Zamor, Port Tobacco, MD (US);
Meagan E. Gay, Alexandria, VA (US);
George W. Mcdaniel, Jr., Alexandria, VA (US);
Austin W. Riggins, Knoxville, TN (US);
Jorge Castellanos, LaPlata, MD (US);
Demitrios Stamatis, LaPlata, MD (US);
Samuel B. Emery, Alexandria, VA (US);
David O. Zamor, Port Tobacco, MD (US);
Meagan E. Gay, Alexandria, VA (US);
George W. McDaniel, Jr., Alexandria, VA (US);
Austin W. Riggins, Knoxville, TN (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A discrete gradient charge that has a discrete first hollow cylindrical layer of a solid first fuel, which is about 85% by weight fine aluminum powder having a median diameter of about 3.5 microns. There is a discrete second hollow cylindrical layer of a solid second fuel that is about 80% by weight coarse aluminum powder with a median diameter of about 31.0 microns. The fuels have a cured HTPB binder. A pellet of an explosive positioned within the first hollow cylindrical layer provides ignition. The fuel in the charge reacts with the surrounding air or with a hollow cylindrical oxidizer layer, or a combination thereof.