The Effects of the Failure Diameter of an Explosive on Its Response to Shaped-Charge Jet Attack.

Abstract

In order to shed some light on the response of explosives to the attack of small-diameter projectiles such as shaped-charge jets, a computational study using the 2DB code and the Forest Fire explosive initiation model for Composition B was conducted. In our computations we modeled the jet as a cylindrical projectile with a flat end that moves without stretching. Jet attack simulations were run in order to determine modes of initiation and critical velocity for initiation as a function of jet diameter. The diameter of the jet was varied between 0.3 and 12.0 The velocity of the jet was varied between 0.8 and 15.0 km/s. The target diameter was at least three times the jet diameter, and the target was between 4 and 60 jet diameters deep. Two modes of initiation associated with shaped-charge jet attack were observed. Prompt impact-mode initiation occurred for both subsonic and supersonic penetration. Delayed penetration-mode initiation occurred only for supersonic penetration. The velocity threshold for large subsonic jets agreed with the Jacobs-Roslund fit. For jets with diameters smaller than the failure diameter of the explosive they attack, higher velocities than predicted by Jacobs-Roslund were required for initiation. A critical boundary between impact- and penetration-mode initiation was determined over the entire supersonic range. A similar boundary between penetration mode initiation and initiation failure for 0.3-mm and 1.5-mm-diameter jets was found, but the initiation failure threshold for other jet diameters has not yet been determined.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA325898

Entities

People

  • John Starkenberg
  • William Lawrence

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computations
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Fires
  • Forest Fires
  • Forests
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Payload
  • Projectiles
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Shock
  • Simulations

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Explosive Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics