Explosive Device Loading Method with Inert Filler and Meniscus
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current aerial bombs lack precision in minimizing collateral damage due to their design, which fails to effectively control the destructive capacity and fragment distribution, leading to unintended damage to civilians and adjacent structures.
Innovation Solution
A loading method for an explosive device that uses a combination of inert filler materials and polymer-based explosives, separated by a flexible encapsulating meniscus, allowing for variable explosive charges and controlled fragmentation, while maintaining compatibility with existing aircraft and guidance systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Object-affected harmful factors
If bombs are designed with fixed explosive charges for different purposes, then destructive capacity is controlled, but collateral damage cannot be minimized due to inability to adjust explosive amount
Solution Approach 1:
The bomb is divided into separate compartments: a first compartment containing inert filler material and a second compartment containing explosive charge. This segmentation allows independent control of each material's quantity, enabling precise adjustment of destructive capacity while maintaining the ability to minimize collateral damage through controlled explosive distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the physical state parameter of the inert filler material from solid to liquid, allowing it to flow and distribute evenly throughout the bomb cavity. This parameter change enables precise control over the explosive charge configuration and facilitates adjustable destructive capacity without affecting the overall bomb structure.
2Reliability
If new bombs are qualified with technical and safety studies and tests, then reliability is ensured, but time and financial resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The bomb design uses universal components and standardized interfaces that can be adapted across different bomb models. The separable compartment design with liquid inert filler and explosive charge can be applied to various existing bomb platforms, reducing the need for extensive re-qualification testing and enabling faster deployment of new explosive configurations.
3Force
If explosive charge is increased to improve destructive capacity, then target hitting effectiveness is improved, but collateral damage to civilians and structures increases
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies different materials with different properties to different regions of the bomb: inert liquid filler in the first compartment and explosive charge in the second compartment. This local differentiation allows the explosive force to be concentrated where needed for target destruction while the inert filler controls fragmentation patterns to reduce collateral damage to surrounding areas.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables precise control over the destructive capacity and fragment distribution, minimizing collateral damage by ensuring the explosive charge is properly encapsulated and isolated, maintaining the integrity and reliability of the bomb's functionality and reducing unintended damage.
Implementation Method 1
the inert material 28 in liquid phase is able to adhere around the inner components of the cavity 12 filling them completely and avoiding the formation of voids
Implementation Method 2
said explosive charge (32) adhering to said inner side wall (26)
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AI summary
Method of loading an explosive device (4), used as an aerial bomb, comprising the steps of preparing a device body (8) which defines an inner cavity (12) and having, at opposite ends in a main axial direction (X-X), a bullet (14) and a closing cap (16), performing a partial filling of the cavity (12) of the device body (8) by means of an inert filler material (28) up to a predetermined level, performing a partial filling of the cavity (12) with an explosive charge (32) according to a predefined quantity, applying an encapsulating meniscus (36) between mutually facing surfaces (28', 32') of the inert filler material (28) and of the explosive charge (32) so as to prevent any contact between the explosive charge (32) and the inert filler material (28), - applying at least one firing fuse (40) positioned so as to guarantee the triggering of the explosive charge (32). The present invention also relates to an explosive device obtained using the loading method described.