Patent ID: 9045692
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: C10B,C10J,F42B

Abstract:
1. A linear shaped charge comprising: an explosive element, a face for application to a target object, and a liner arranged for projection towards the face when the explosive element is detonated, the explosive element and the liner having a V-shaped cross section and extending in a direction normal to the V-shaped cross section, the liner lying in a groove of the V-shaped cross section of the explosive element, the liner having a length L of a side furthest from the face and the liner having a thickness T taken perpendicular to said length L as measured in cross section, wherein an angle α of an apex of the liner nearest the face is 101.5 to 106.5 degrees, and a stand-off distance SD between the face and a point of the liner nearest the face is 0.99 S to 1.21 S, S being a distance, parallel the stand-off distance SD, between the point of the liner nearest the face and the apex of the liner nearest the face as measured in cross-section.