High-G gun launch of smart projectiles is costly and time consuming. Design iterations ofsmart projectiles using only field tests (with trial and error) are not cost effective due tothe limited insight gained from hardware examination after the firings. Numerous gunlaunch parameters, which interact in a non-linear way, must be considered. Design to aspecified reliability must combine actual gun launch tests (used to validate the gun &projectile math models) with computational methods, which are verified from a structuralmechanics and physics point of view. Although novel systems are in development forreliability investigations [1], the development of models is the most effective way todesign high reliability munitions. A methodology is proposed whereby a judiciouscombination of dynamic structural modeling, laboratory shock testing and gun firings areused to develop gun launch structures, which are reliable and cost effective.
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