Experimental research on behavior of composite material projectile penetrating concrete target

Abstract

Projectile made of carbon fiber composite material shell and metal warhead penetrates concrete target at speeds of 336 m/s, 447 m/s and 517 m/s. The angles between the perpendicular of target surface and projectile axis are 0° and 30°. The thickness of concrete target is 200 mm and the compression strength is 30 MPa. The experimental results indicate that the strength of composite material structure is high. Composite projectile can go through concrete target without fiber segregation and breakage. The percent fill is 18.5% in the composite material projectile. It is about twice as that of metal projectile, if the density of metal is taken as 7.8 g/cm³. Comparing with metal projectile, low-density, high-strength composite material can lessen projectile weight, improve charge-weight ratio of detonator and enhance destructive powder.

Keywords

composite material / penetrating / carbon fiber / concrete

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