Inventors:
Bruce Walter Piegols - Laplata MD, US
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC
International Classification:
F42B 39/30
C06C 5/00
US Classification:
1022755, 1022752, 1022758, 206 3
Abstract:
A shipping cap is provided for use with a shielded mild detonating cord (SMDC) having an explosive tip that contains a volume of explosive material. The shipping cap is coupled to a portion of the SMDC to define a sealed free volume region about the SMDC's explosive tip. The size of the free volume region is a function of the volume of explosive material contained in the explosive tip. The shipping cap's wall strength in the free volume region is defined by a factor of safety that is a function of the yield strength of the material used to construct the cap.