Comparison of Experimental and Computational Results for Reverse Ballistic Tests into Foundry Core

摘要

A series of nine laboratory-scale penetration tests was conducted in which impact velocity and geometry of the projectile were varied. In all tests, displacement histories were obtained for the penetrator via displacement interferometric techniques. From the data, accelerations were deduced and compared with numerically-calculated accelerations. For the numerical work, the codes PENAP and WONDY were used to model the penetration events. For penetrators with a conical nose, agreement between calculated and measured accelerations could be brought within 15% for all tests, except for one PENAP/test comparison, by introducing a constant coefficient of Coulomb friction of 0.1 at the penetration target interface. For penetrators with an ogival nose, on the other hand, a greater discrepancy was found between calculated and measured results. (ERA citation 05:026290)