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The Lethal Radius of a Salvo

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  • Paul Weidlinger

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The vulnerability of a target subjected to a series of repeated shots is examined. It is shown that properly designed elasto-plastic structures are capable of surviving the cumulative effects of repeated blasts if each blast is less intense than a destructive single blast. The blast intensity of a small number of repeated shots need not be significantly smaller than the intensity of a single destructive blast to permit the survival of most structures. The probability of kill, taking into account the cumulative effects of a series of blasts, is determined and it is shown that it is not significantly higher than the probability of kill obtained by neglecting cumulative damage.

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  • Paul Weidlinger, 1962. "The Lethal Radius of a Salvo," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 10(4), pages 547-558, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:10:y:1962:i:4:p:547-558
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.10.4.547
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