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1995
Journal Article
Title
Time-resolved Penetration of Long Rods into Steel Targets
Other Title
Zeitaufgelöste Penetration von langen Stäben in Stahltargets
Abstract
The penetration behavior of tungsten alloy, long-rod penetrators into high-hard steel is investigated at two impact velocities; 1.25 km/s and 1.70 km/s. The positions of the nose and tail of the projectile were measured by means of 600 kV flash X-ray system at different times during penetration. The wavecode CTH was used to numerically simulate the experiments. The computational results are in very good agreement with the experimental position-time data. Additionally, the computational model reproduces the qualitative behavior for impact conditions near the ballistic limit.