Presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Fuze Section, National Defense Industrial Association, Tampa, FL, April 1999.
| Barry T. Neyer | Brad Hanna | Dr. Keith Thomas |
| R Scott Such | Steve Smith | |
| EG&G Optoelectronics | NSWC Dahlgren Division | AFRL/MNMI |
| Miamisburg, OH 45343-0529 | Dahlgren, VA 224485100 | Eglin AFB, FL 32542 |
Contact Address
Barry T. Neyer
PerkinElmer Optoelectronics
1100 Vanguard Blvd
Miamisburg, OH 45342
(937) 865-5586
(937) 865-5170 (Fax)
Barry.Neyer@PerkinElmer.com
A number of fuze systems have multiple detonators. Many modern systems are manufactured by connecting a number of detonators taken from a single lot to a cable with a combination series and parallel circuit. Experience has shown that the amount of energy required to function such a combination is not always the product of the number of detonators times the energy for a single detonator. The ramifications of these test results on the design of multipoint systems will be discussed.