Conventional Warhead Systems Physics and Engineering Design (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics) (Hardcover)

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In his exploration of the mathematical equations and logic behind antiballistic missiles (ATBMs), Richard Lloyd takes an in-depth look at theater missile defense and warhead design and concepts for ATBMs. Hailed as the perfect companion to Tactical Missile Warheads, the book demonstrates the system aspects you'll need as a systems warhead engineer designing complex tactical and defense warheads under tight budgetary constraints.

Conventional Warhead Systems Physics and Engineering Design features a previously unpublished investigation of energy, momentum, and methods for estimating damage on very complex ballistic missile payloads, such as submunitions of chemical and biological nature. Direct hit, missile debris, and fragmentation are comprehensively discussed for the first time in print. High strain rate, explosives, thermodynamics, heat transfer, chemistry, penetration mechanics, statistics, dynamics and finite element equations are also covered extensively in this single, compact volume.

About the Author

Richard Lloyd is current manager of the Warhead Lethality Group of the Raytheon Company Electronic Systems Division. He has extensive hands-on experience with advanced state-of-the-art interceptor missiles, having served as principal investigator on a such noteworthy missile projects as the Patriot PAC-3 and, more recently, the SM-2 Block IVA/P31 Warhead. A practicing engineer with more than 15 years experience, Mr. Lloyd holds three patents on warhead concepts as well as a B.S. in mechanical engineering, and a B.S. in agriculture engineering with a mathematics minor from Washington State University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 636 pages
• Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast (April 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563472554
• ISBN-13: 978-1563472558
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,044,440 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)