A Preliminary Model for Loads on a Penetrator Impacting Concrete

Abstract

The research described in this report was designed to determine analytic equations providing loads on a penetrator element when the penetrator impact semi-infinite concrete at velocities to 500 m/s. It is assumed that the penetrator's trajectory is controlled with the application of all relevant forces to each penetrator element in a terradynamics computer code. The loading equations developed in this effort strictly apply only to two-dimensional plane or axisymmetric impacts since they were developed from hydrocode calculations of such situations. Drag coefficients and simplified trajectory equations are developed from the loading equations. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA102843

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