Dimple, Spall, and Perforation Characteristics in Aluminum, Columbium, and Steel Plates Under Hypervelocity Impact

Abstract

An experimental research program designed to determine the critical damage modes that might be inflicted on various armor materials by the impact of a high-velocity projectile was conducted. The experimental program was performed under NASA contract on a ballistics range facility of the General Motors Corporation, Defense Research Laboratories, Santa Barbara, California.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
ADA397076

Entities

People

  • A. R. Mcmillian
  • Nestor Clough
  • Seymour Lieblein

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Coefficients
  • Diameters
  • Elastic Properties
  • Elastic Waves
  • Elongation
  • Hypervelocity Impact
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Stainless Steel
  • Stress Waves
  • Stresses
  • Thickness
  • Waves
  • Zirconium
  • Zirconium Alloys

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • ballistics.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow