An Empirical Shaped Charge Jet Breakup Model

Abstract

Much of the increase in penetration capability of copper lined shaped charges has been due to changes that increased copper jet breakup time. This has been accomplished largely independent of the growing understanding of breakup phenomenology. This report discusses an empirical shaped charge jet breakup model and provides significant experimental confirmation over a broad range of velocity gradients. Analysis using this model has proved to be useful in order to explain observed performance and to identify undesirable characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA604020

Entities

People

  • Ernest L. Baker
  • James Pham
  • Tan Vuong

Organizations

  • United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ductility
  • Engineering
  • Experimental Data
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • Materials
  • New Jersey
  • Perturbations
  • Physical Properties
  • Shaped Charge Jets
  • Shaped Charges
  • Simulations
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design