EFFECT OF NOSE SHAPE ON LONG ROD PENETRATION INTO DRY SAND
- Fracture and Shock Physics, SMF Group, Cavendish Laboratory, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE (United Kingdom)
Flat, hemispherical and ogive-2 nosed mild steel projectiles (10 mm diameter, 100 mm length) were fired at 200 m s{sup -1} into the end face of cylindrically confined dry sand (100 mm diameter, 150 mm length). Projectiles were tracked through the sand using flash radiography and high speed photography. By seeding a horizontal plane of randomly dispersed lead shot (<1.5 mm diameter) across the centre of the cylinder, the displacement field induced by the impact was mapped using Digital Speckle Radiography (DSR). By imaging at successive time intervals, a temporal history of the penetration was generated. DSR reveals a cone of displacement emanating from the impact point in all cases, leaving areas unmoved during the early stages of penetration. The magnitude and extent of the displacement cone is observed to be greatest in the flat nosed case. Initial rapid deceleration is seen in all nose cases, relaxing to an approximately steady velocity as the projectile reaches the end of the target. Ogive nosed projectiles suffer the least initial deceleration, and perforate the target with greatest speed. This combined behaviour is attributed to the blunt projectiles transferring more energy into movement of sand in the early stages of penetration, and hence experiencing more effective drag. Following this, the projectile moves through a moving body of sand at approximately constant velocity.
- OSTI ID:
- 21366845
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1195, Issue 1; Conference: American Physical Society Topical Group on shock compression of condensed matter, Nashville, TN (United States), 28 Jun - 3 Jul 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3295083; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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