Dependence of debris cloud formation on projectile shape
- Department 1433, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-5800 (United States)
- University of Dayton Research Institute, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45469-0180 (United States)
- Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas 78228-0510 (United States)
A two-stage lights-gas gun has been used to impact thin zinc bumpers by zinc projectiles over the velocity range of 2.4 km/s to 6.7 km/s to determine the propagation characteristics of the impact generated debris. Constant-mass projectiles in the form of spheres, discs, cylinders, and rods were used in these studies. Radiographic techniques were employed to record the debris cloud generated upon impact and the dynamic formation of the resulting rupture in an aluminum backing plate resulting from the loading of the debris cloud. The characteristics of the debris cloud generated upon impact is found to depend on the projectile shape. The data indicate that the debris front velocity is independent of the shape of the projectile, whereas the debris lateral/radial velocity is strongly dependent on projectile geometry. Spherical impactors generate the most radially dispersed debris cloud while the normal plate impactors result in column-like debris. It has been observed that the debris generated by the impact of thin plates on a thin bumper shield is considerably more damaging to a backwall than the debris generated by an equivalent-mass sphere. [copyright]American Institute of Physics
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 7183423
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-921145-; CODEN: APCPCS
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States), Vol. 309:1; Conference: Production and neutralization of negative ions and beams, Upton, NY (United States), 9-13 Nov 1992; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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