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Mott (1943) recognized the need for scaling relations to allow designers the immediate ability to assess effects of parameter changes on the fragmentation characteristics of exploding bombs and warheads.
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Grady, D. (2006). Scaling Relations for Fragmenting Shells. In: Fragmentation of Rings and Shells. Shock Wave and High Pressure Phenomena. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-27145-1_7
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