Issue
J. Phys. IV France
Volume 134, August 2006
EURODYMAT 2006 - 8th International Conference on Mechanical and Physical Behaviour of Materials under Dynamic Loading
Page(s) 403 - 408
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:2006134062
Published online 26 July 2006
EURODYMAT 2006 - 8th International Conference on Mehanical and Physical Behaviour of Materials under Dynamic Loading
J. Cirne, R. Dormeval, et al.
J. Phys. IV France 134 (2006) 403-408

DOI: 10.1051/jp4:2006134062

A semi-empirical equation of penetration depth on concrete target impacted by ogive-nose projectiles

Siying Chen1 and Chenguang Huang2

1  Department of Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
2  Department of Engineering Sciences, Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences 100080, China


Published online: 26 July 2006

Abstract
In this paper, the penetration process of ogive-nose projectiles into the semi-infinite concrete target is investigated by the dimensional analysis method and FEM simulation. With the dimensional analysis, main non-dimensional parameters which control the penetration depth are obtained with some reasonable hypothesis. Then, a new semi-empirical equation is present based on the original work of Forrestal et al., has only two non-dimensional combined variables with definite physical meanings. To verify this equation, prediction results are compared with experiments in a wide variation region of velocity. Then, a commercial FEM code, LS-DYNA, is used to simulate the complex penetration process, that also show the novel semi-empirical equation is reasonable for determining the penetration depth in a concrete target.



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