1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  Dedication Page

      5  Preface

      6  I Introduction I.1 Ammunition Types and Characteristics of Their Damaging Effect I.2 Generalized Characteristics of the Damaging Effect I.3 Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Shooting I.4 Self‐assessment Questions References

      7  1 Fragmentation Ammunitions 1.1 Basic Concepts and Definitions. General Information 1.2 The Mechanics of High‐speed Deformation and Destruction of Shells Under the Action of an Explosion 1.3 Modeling the Processes of Explosive Fragmentation of Shells Using Standard Samples 1.4 Statistical Models of the Fragment Fields and the Fragment Spectra 1.5 External Ballistics of Fragments 1.6 Kinds of the Damaging Effect of Fragments 1.7 Laws of Target Damage with Fragments 1.8 Specified Zone of Target Damage with Fragmentation Munitions 1.9 Methods for Optimizing the Parameters of Fragmentation Munitions 1.10 Vulnerability Characteristics of Objects to the Effects of Fragments, Determination of Safe Distances 1.11 Self‐assessment Questions References

      8  2 Ammunitions with Shaped Charges 2.1 Basic Concepts and Definitions. General Information 2.2 Fundamentals of Cumulative Effects 2.3 Explosion Loading of Shaped Charge Liners, Their Throwing, and Collapse 2.4 Formation, Tension of Metal Jets, and Their Penetration into Targets 2.5 The Influence of Design Parameters and Manufacturing Technology of Shaped Charges on the Penetration Effect 2.6 Influence of the Operational Conditions of Ammunitions with Shaped Charges on Their Damaging Effects 2.7 Formation and Effect of Explosively Formed Projectiles 2.8 The Effect of Ammunition with Shaped Charges on the Armor of Modern Tanks 2.9 Methods for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Ammunition with Shaped Charges 2.10 Self‐assessment Questions References

      9  3 High‐explosive Ammunitions 3.1 Basic Concepts and Definitions. General Information 3.2 Parameters of an Air Shock Wave During the Explosion of High Explosives 3.3 Reflection of Shock Waves from Barriers and Flow Around Barriers 3.4 Determination of Parameters of an Air Shock Wave During Detonation of Fuel–Air Mixtures 3.5 Evaluation of the Damaging Effect of Shock Waves on Various Objects 3.6 Explosion in Water 3.7 Underground Explosion 3.8 Self‐assessment Questions References

      10  4 Penetrating Ammunitions 4.1 Basic Concepts and Definitions. General Information 4.2 Interaction of Impactors with Targets 4.3 Formulation of Penetration Problems and Ways to Solve Them 4.4 Shock with Long Rods 4.5 Peculiarities of Collision with Thin Targets (Screens) 4.6 Self‐assessment Questions References

      11  5 Numerical Simulation of High‐speed Processes 5.1 Introduction. Basic Concepts 5.2 The System of Equations of Continuum Mechanics 5.3 Behavior of Materials Under Intense Dynamic Loads 5.4 Numerical Methods for Solving Dynamic Problems 5.5 Short Introduction to ANSYS AUTODYN 5.6 Numerical Modeling Example 5.7 Self‐assessment Questions References

      12  Appendix A A.1 Combined Median Errors for Artillery Shooting After Full Preparation of the Source Data A.2 Values of Normalized Laplace Function A.3 Basic Systems