PENETRATION WITH OPTIMAL WORK,

Abstract

The approximate theory of armor penetration, developed by William T. Thomson, is used to determine the shape for a projectile requiring the least work of plastic deformation, work of dissipation, and dynamical work for penetration of a thin target. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0664138

Entities

People

  • V. Kucher

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Deformation (Mechanics)
  • Dissipation
  • Mechanical Phenomena
  • Plastic Deformation
  • Projectiles

Readers

  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • ballistics.