Stress Measurements in Glass during Shaped-Charge Jet Penetrations

Abstract

Stresses were measured in glass targets in the vicinity of a penetrating shaped-charge jet. Stress levels of approximately 0.3 gigapascals were measured 12-20 mm away from a jet formed by a 35 mm copper liner. High speed framing camera photographs showed that the penetration velocity in the glass was 2.57 km/s and the glass fracture velocity was 2.10 km/s.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168947

Entities

People

  • Robert E. Franz
  • William Lawrence

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aluminum
  • Armor
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Commerce
  • Elements
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Manganin
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Microsecond Time
  • Military Research
  • Photographs
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.