Penetration Deep of Non-Deformable Projectile into Concrete Targets

Abstract:

A dynamic cavity-expansion penetration model for concrete targets impacted by non-deformable projectile is developed. Based on the dynamic cavity-expansion penetration model, the equations of the final penetration depth were determined including the effect of additional mass and sliding frictional coefficient. The predicted final Penetration depth was compared with the depth of penetration data and a good agreement was achieved. The analysis indicated the additional mass was negligible compared to the mass of the projectile and independent of the striking velocity. When the friction between the concrete and the nose surface is assumed to be negligible, the final penetration depth increases slightly. The relationship between the principle stress difference at failure and unconfined compressive strength was determined by curve fitting.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 446-449)
• Pages: 3604-3608
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.446-449.3604
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Wei Wei Sun, Jun Yuan
• Keywords: Cavity Expansion, Concrete Targets, Non-Deformable Projectile, Nose Shape, Penetration

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