3DPimms Verification and Blast Methodology Study

This report documents the efforts of the University of Alabama in Huntsville to assist in the Verification and Validation of a new MOUT lethality code 3DPimms. This code has been constructed over the past three years to replace PIMMS. A Verification and Validation was authored and approved by the ac...

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Main Authors: Romanczuk, Glenn E., Pitts, Chris, Lee, Will
Other Authors: ALABAMA UNIV IN HUNTSVILLE RESEARCH INST
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2000
Subjects:
Computer Programming and Software
Ammunition and Explosives
*SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
*ANTIPERSONNEL WEAPONS
*COMBAT SIMULATION
KILL PROBABILITIES
DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
LETHALITY
COMPUTER PROGRAM VERIFICATION
BLAST
INCAPACITATION
ANTIPERSONNEL EFFECTS
3DPIMMS COMPUTER PROGRAM
Alabama
Orca
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA376857
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA376857
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Summary:This report documents the efforts of the University of Alabama in Huntsville to assist in the Verification and Validation of a new MOUT lethality code 3DPimms. This code has been constructed over the past three years to replace PIMMS. A Verification and Validation was authored and approved by the accrediting agency, EAC (now AEC) and a Verification and Validation draft report was authored and is awaiting approval. A large amount of uncertainty exists in the next items for this methodology to include. Therefore, plans include contingencies for the inclusion of Blast and other insults which can cause incapacitation. A unique method of using a blast transport code and Blast code derived from a mechanical model of chest wall/lung interaction has been postulated. This method is recommended as a first cut attempt to include blast in MOUT analysis before ORCA is available. A tool to display and analyze pk maps was also generated during this work. This tool allows for simulation data to be merged with Pk maps of interest and display an overall answer for system lethality.

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