Accession Number:
AD1100094
Title:
Alternative Material for High-Speed Projectile Casing
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report,01 Sep 2018,26 Mar 2020
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB United States
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2020-03-26
Pagination or Media Count:
93.0
Abstract:
A high-speed projectile impact is a highly complex dynamic problem that can be simplified with the use of finite element analysis solvers. AbaqusExplicit was used to evaluate the impact of various projectiles using a plane strain setup. Using a baseline stainless steel projectile, the proposed sandwich construction design was analyzed for competition with the baseline. The overall goal was to explore the use of a new casing design and if it could perform similarly to the baseline projectile. The sandwich construction used stainless steel, tungsten, and silicon-carbide reinforced aluminum as outer and inner shell materials. The core material was created using additive manufacturing of inconel 718. The inconel 718 core used a triply periodic minimal surface structure manufactured to provide the projectile casing with high stiffness and strength while reducing the volume of material used to manufacture it. A monolithic concrete target using a brittle cracking model for a projectile hitting a concrete wall in order to simulate a projectile impacting a bunker, road, or other concrete structure.
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Ammunition and Explosives
- Mechanics
- Properties of Metals and Alloys