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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1970
Gerald G Craddock, Arlington, TX (US);
LTV Aerospace & Defense Company, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An explosive, fragmentation structure having means for selectively controlling fragment size and configuration. The structure includes an outer casing having an inner surface defining a chamber and further includes means for propagating shock waves across the inner surface from a selected one of two detonation points with the chamber. Means are provided for directing shock waves, propagated from the first detonation point, against the surface in a first pattern of segment-defining lines and for directing shock waves, propagated from the second detonation point, against the surface in a second pattern of lines which define segments larger than those of the first pattern.