Critical to all explosing foil initiator or "slapper" systems is the bridge-barrel-flyer combination, which needs to be optimized for each applicaiton and fire set. the best way to do this is with optical diagnostics. parameters desired are the flyer position, shape, and velocity versus time as a… More

A novel high voltage delay circuit is proposed for use with exploding foil initiators. this allows the manufacture of an inexpensive multimode warhead useful against tanks, apcs, and soft targets. anticipated benefits/potential commercial applications - a common warhead may be derived that can be… More