mechanics of projectile penetration into non-cohesive soil targets

Modifications to Walker-Anderson Model for Analysis of High-velocity Penetration of an Eroding Long-rod Projectile into Semi-infinite Concrete Targets

This paper presents a modified form of the Walker-Anderson (W-A) model for analyzing high velocity penetration of an eroding projectile into a concrete target in which the W-A model is improved by incorporating calculations for the plastic flow field of concrete in terms of its compressibility and strain rate sensitivity under severe pressure. With the changes to and calculations of plastic fie...

Penetration of a projectile by impact into a granular medium

When a solid sphere drops in a granular medium, an impact crater is created. The penetration of the projectile in the granular bed as a function of the impact energy is evaluated theoretically using a simple model including a friction law between the projectile and the grains, a viscous dissipation in the bed and a force from the collisions between the projectile and the granular material. This...

Multi-objective Optimization of a Projectile Tip for Normal Penetration

The main purpose of the present work is multi-objective shape optimization of a projectile tip for impacting and normal penetrating. Velocity drop, weight and inner volume of projectile have been considered as three conflicting objective functions.  For this purpose, at the first step, finite element modeling was done using ABAQUS/Explicit and projectile penetration was examined in different ge...

Hard projectile penetration and trajectory stability

We present a general framework to describe the dynamics of a hard projectile penetrating into a solid target. Rigid-body dynamics, differential area force law and semi-empirical resistance function are used to formulate the motion of the hard projectile. The proposed model is capable of predicting the projectile trajectory under various oblique and yaw angles. Critical conditions for the occurr...

Modeling of Oblique Penetration into Geologic Targets Expansion

A procedure has been developed to represent the loading on a penetrator and its motion during oblique penetration into geologic media. The penetrator is modeled with the explicit dynamics, finite element computer program PRONTO 3D and the coupled pressure on the penetrator is given in a new loading option based on a separate cavity expansion (CE) solution that accounts for the pressure-reductio...

Simulation of High-velocity Penetration for Rigid Projectile into Plain Concrete Target using Discrete Element Method