Analytical and Experimental Studies on Penetration into Geological Targets

Abstract

This paper summarizes some recent analytical and experimental work on penetration into geological targets. Results from several elastic-plastic type theoretical models which predict forces on penetrators for normal impact into dry porous rock, concrete, and sea ice targets are presented and compared with measurements from field tests. Rigid-body acceleration data from newly developed laboratory scale experiments for impact velocities between 0.2 and 1.2 km/s are also presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADP001710

Entities

People

  • D. B. Longcope
  • L. M. Lee
  • M. J. Forrestal

Organizations

  • Sandia National Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Mechanics
  • Concrete
  • Deceleration
  • Equations
  • Field Tests
  • Gas Guns
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Hydrostats
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radial Stress
  • Sea Ice
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.