A Geometric Description Technique Suitable for Computer Analysis of Both the Nuclear and Conventional Vulnerability of Armored Military Vehicles

Abstract : A suitable three-dimensional geometrical description technique and two computer programs, MAGIC and SAM-C, were developed and demonstrated for application to the computer analysis of both the nuclear and conventional vulnerability of armored military vehicles. The geometric technique was applied, for demonstration purposes, to the M60A1 tank. A single body of geometric input target data for the M60A1 was used by the MAGIC program to address the tank from any attack angle by conventional armor-defeating projectile systems, and by the SAM-C Monte Carlo program for the determination of internal radiation dose. The radiation dose (in selected target regions) is obtained for primary neutrons, primary gammas, and secondary gammas produced by neutron interactions occurring either outside or within the vehicle. The two programs, MAGIC and SAM-C, are currently operational on both the CDC-6600 and BRL-BRLESC computers. Both programs are written in FORTRAN.