Penetration depth for yaw-inducing bursting layer impacted by projectile

Abstract

In order to accurately estimate the anti-penetration capacity of yaw-inducing bursting layer with irregular barriers on surface impacted by projectile, the theoretical model of attack angle and angular velocity for projectile impacting on irregular barrier was achieved according to the macroscopic relation of contact force versus contact time, in which the main factors such as the relative geometrical characteristics of projectile and irregular barrier, material property and impact velocity of projectile influencing on yaw-inducing effectiveness were considered. On the basis of considering synthetically the influences of attack angle, impact velocity, impact angle of projectile and uncontrolled free surface of target, the theoretical formulation of penetration depth for bursting layer with irregular barriers on surface impacted by projectile was presented by expressing the stress of an optional point on the nose of projectile according to the relation of stress versus velocity. The theoretical results indicate that in the case of oblique impact embodying effect of attack angle, the penetration depth is reduced with the increase of impact angle, attack angle or angular velocity, and penetration trajectory is also deflected obviously. The effectiveness of angular velocity influencing on penetration depth is increased with impact velocity increasing. The theoretical results are in good agreement with test data for low impact velocity.

Keywords

solid mechanics / penetration depth / contact mechanics / computation method / yaw-inducing bursting

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