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Perforation of aluminum plates with ogive-nose steel rods at normal and oblique impacts

Conference ·
OSTI ID:175437
;  [1];  [2]
  1. Univ. of Dayton Research Institute, OH (United States)
  2. Sandia National Lab., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

We conducted perforation experiments with 26.3-mm-thick, 6061-T651 aluminum plates and 12.9-mm-diameter, 88.9-mm-long, 4340 R{sub c} = 44, ogive-nose steel rods. For normal and 30-degree oblique impacts with striking velocities between 280 and 860m/s, we showed good agreement between residual velocity data and predictions from a closed form perforation equation. We measured residual velocities and displayed the perforation process with x-ray photographs. These photographs showed clearly the time-resolved projectile kinematics and permanent deformations.

OSTI ID:
175437
Report Number(s):
CONF-950686--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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