Fabrication and Evaluation of Welded Ti-6Al-4V Test Sections

Abstract

There has been wide support for the continued reduction in weight of heavy armor combat systems. Of course no one is willing to give up performance with this reduction in weight. This program investigated the feasibility of utilizing Ti-6Al-4V as an alternate armor material for the Ml Abrams turret glacis as opposed to the presently utilized RHA steel. Two turret glacis test sections were fabricated from Ti-6A1-4V armor plate, and one was fabricated from RHA steel. These sections were ballistic tested vs. common threats. The weld joint design is described from a theoretical basis as well as functional performance. The ballistic results of all test sections are discussed in detail, and recommendations for future work are provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA392876

Entities

People

  • Brijmohan Roopchand
  • Daniel Snoha
  • Scott M. Grendahl

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

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  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor
  • Chemistry
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Grain Growth
  • Impact Loads
  • Materials
  • Metals
  • Military Research
  • Overpressure
  • Photographs
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Tank Turrets
  • Tensile Testing
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Titanium

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