Multiple Impacts on Monolithic Steel

Abstract

The multiple impacts on a monolithic, semi-infinite steel target of a shaped-charge jet in a particulated state were computer simulated by right circular cylinders, having a diameter of 3 mm and moving initially at 5 km/s. The penetration histories of two and six penetrators at separation distances of 0, 10, and 50 mm were computed using the DORF code. In each case, the combined length of the penetrators was 27 mm, thereby, preserving the initial total momentum and total kinetic energy of the system. The effects of the number of penetrators and the distance between the penetrators on the total penetration and final hole profile were determined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA114038

Entities

People

  • V. Kucher

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Aviation
  • Boundaries
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Diameters
  • Energy
  • Equations Of State
  • Grids
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Materials
  • Particles
  • Particulates
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Symmetry
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.