Resistance of NE-8620 Steel in Various Conditions of Hardness to Perforation by Flak-Simulating Projectiles.

Abstract

In response to a request of the Office, Chief of Ordnance, a general program of development armor component materials is being conducted at this arsenal. As part of this program tests have recently been completed on samples of NE-8620 steel supplied by the Republic Steel Corporation. Although the resistance of none of these samples to perforation by cal. .45 steel-jacketed ball projectiles was comparable with that of an equivalent weight of Hadfield manganese steel, samples tested in the as-quenched condition exhibited resistance characteristics superior to those of the tempered specimens.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 16, 1944
Accession Number
ADA954958

Entities

People

  • J. F. Sullivan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor
  • Body Armor
  • Corporations
  • Engineers
  • Manganese
  • Materials
  • Munitions
  • Perforation
  • Projectiles
  • Republic
  • Resistance

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Metallurgy
  • ballistics.