PHENOMENA OF PENETRATION IN LIGHT WEIGHT RIGID PERSONNEL ARMOR MATERIALS

Abstract

Tests were undertaken to provide data on the behavior of projectiles impacting light armor materials, at velocities in the range 1000 ft/sec to 4000 ft/sec. The report includes the results of tests of spherical and cylindrical aluminum projectiles impacting aluminum plates and similar projectiles impacting a light armor builtup out of corrugated aluminum sheets. It concludes with a description of a new method for determining material properties at high strain rates. This method was used to obtain estimates of the yield stress of 2024 T4 aluminum at strain rates from 2900/sec to 13,600/sec.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 12, 1961
Accession Number
AD0273060

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  • J. M. Kelly
  • J. W. Corcoran

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Contracts
  • Elastic Waves
  • Explosive Charges
  • Explosives
  • Mechanics
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Photographs
  • Plastic Deformation
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Shock
  • Shock Waves
  • Strain Rate
  • Stress Strain Relations
  • Stress Waves
  • Stresses
  • Yield Strength

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