Penetration of concrete targets
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS (United States). Waterways Experiment Station
- New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
We developed penetration equations for ogive-nosed projectiles that penetrated concrete targets after normal impact. Our penetration equations predict axial force on the projectile nose, rigid-body motion, and final penetration depth. For target constitutive models, we conducted triaxial material experiments to confining pressures of 600 MPa and curve-fit these data with a linear pressure-volumetric strain relation and with a linear Mohr-Coulomb, shear strength-pressure relation. To verify our penetration equations, we conducted eleven penetration experiments with 0.90 kg, 26.9-mm-diameter, ogive-nosed projectiles into 1.37-m-diameter concrete targets with unconfined compressive strengths between 32-40 MPa. Predictions from our penetration equation are compared with final penetration depth measurements for striking velocities between 280--800 m/s.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 10180160
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-92-2513C; CONF-931121-16; ON: DE93019076
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual winter meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,New Orleans, LA (United States),28 Nov - 3 Dec 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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