The Influence of Convergence-Velocity Gradients on the Formation of Shaped-Charge Jets

Abstract

The radial collapse of an axisymmetric shell necessarily generates a velocity gradient through the thickness of the shell. The existence of this gradient is ignored in the previous analytical treatment of the jet formation from such shells. The effect of this convergence velocity gradient on the partition of mass and velocity in jets from the explosively driven collapse of conical, metallic shells is discussed. Keywords: Shaped charge theory; Jet formation Theory; Convergence effects; Jet characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA190660

Entities

People

  • Miles L. Lampson

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Energy
  • Explosives
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geometry
  • High Explosives
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Radial Velocity
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Shaped Charges
  • Stagnation Point
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State
  • Thickness
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Structural Dynamics.