Resistance of 'K Panels' Submitted by the U.S. Rubber Company to Perforation by Fragment-Simulating Projectiles
Abstract
In response to a request from the Office, Chief of Ordinance, tests were conducted at this arsenal on several samples of K Panels (laminates of R- 301-W aluminum alloy with fiberglas) submitted by the U. S. Rubber Company collaborating with the Reynolds Metals Company. The resistance of these samples to perforation by cal. .45 steel-jacketed ball projectiles and by the cal. .22 fragment-stimulating projectile, G-2, was so greatly inferior to that of Hadfield manganese steel of equivalent weight-per-unit area that tests with other fragment-stimulators were not conducted. It was noticed that when the overall weight was kept constant but the weight of the aluminum component was increased the resistance of a sample decreased.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 03, 1945
- Accession Number
- ADA954266
Entities
People
- J. F. Sullivan