The Velocity Difference Between Particulated Shaped Charge Jet Particles for Face-Centered-Cubic Liner Materials

Abstract

A model was derived to predict the average jet velocity difference between particulated shaped charge jet particles. The model is based on the 'wire drawing formula presented by Kolsky, the plastic instability criterion, and the Zerilli-Armstrong constitutive equation for face-centered-cubic materials. The velocity difference expression is strongly dependent on the jet temperature and weakly dependent on the jet strain rate. Calculations were also made using the Johnson-Cook constitutive model. The average velocity difference between jet particles, the true stress at necking, and the true strain at necking were calculated using several variants of the model. Velocity difference comparisons with experimental data were made for several shaped charge designs with copper liners of various geometries. shaped charges; jet characteristics; jet breakup time; velocity difference; jet particles; strain rate effects; strain rate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA257348

Entities

People

  • Richard L. Summers
  • William P. Walters

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistics
  • Constitutive Equations
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Experimental Data
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Grain Size
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Particles
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Strain Rate
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Tensile Strength
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.