Survey of Weapons and their Effects

Course #PC3800

Est.imated Completion Time: 3 months

Overview

Physics and chemistry of explosives including enthalpy and oxygen balance calculations. Detonation/deflagration waves within energetic materials. Material response to elastic, plastic, and shock impact conditions. Interior, exterior, and terminal ballistics (including armor design). Shape charges and explosively formed penetrators. Directed energy weapons including fundamentals of solid state lasers and atmospheric effects on laser propagation. Chemical and nuclear warhead design and effects.

Included in degrees & certificates

235

Learning Outcomes

Determine the energy release and oxygen balance from an explosive chemical formula
Understand material response to elastic, plastic, and shock impacts
Understand interior, exterior, and terminal ballistics
Understand the basic principles of solid-state lasers and propagation issues related to atmospheric effects
Understand the basic physics related to both fission and fusion nuclear bombs, design of nuclear weapons, and related damage mechanisms
Understand the design of chemical warheads and the lethality of each type

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Application Deadlines

08 Jul 2024

Fall Quarter applications due