Evaluation of Prototype Secondary Hardening Steels for Armor.

Abstract

Three ARL .SRG secondary hardening armor steels designed using the THERMOCALC thermomechanical database and software system were subjected to ballistic impact using U.S. .30 caliber AP M2 and U.S. .50 caliber AP M2 projectiles. Against the .30 caliber projectile, each of the three steel alloys showed ballistic tolerance comparable to AerMet 100 Steel. Against the .50 caliber projectile, the ballistic test plates did not perform as well as AerMet 100. The results of this test series will be the basis for design and evaluation of more prototype armor steels based on secondary hardening.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA288660

Entities

People

  • John H. Beatty
  • John H. Graves
  • Morris Azrin

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Alloys
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemistry
  • Engineering
  • Hardening
  • Hardness
  • Heat Treatment
  • Information Processing
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Projectiles
  • Prototypes
  • Steel
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • ballistics.