FUNDAMENTALS OF SHAPED CHARGES

Abstract

Various aspects of the perforation of thin targets by high speed fragments were investigated. A fragment projector yielding compact steel fragments having a velocity of 3.17 km/sec and a mass of .0234 g was generally used for experimental studies. Design features of this projector are presented with methods of attaining higher velocities. The volume and shape of craters produced in lead at 60 degrees obliquity by fragments having a velocity of 4 km/ sec are compared with the characteristics of craters produced at impact velocities of 3 km/sec and 5 km/sec.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1961
Accession Number
AD0268366

Entities

People

  • Emerson M. Pugh

Organizations

  • Carnegie Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Ammunition
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Contracts
  • Diameters
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Hypervelocity Projectiles
  • Magnesium Alloys
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • Munitions
  • Physical Properties
  • Projectiles
  • Shape
  • Thickness

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • ballistics.