Accession Number:

ADA106198

Title:

A Link Between Shaped Charge Performance and Design

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

ARMY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Shear, Ralph E.
• Brundick, Frederick S.
• Harrison, John T.

Report Date:

1981-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

Abstract:

It is illustrated that the penetration performance of a shaped charge determines best values of parameters in the DiPersio, Simon, and Merendino theory of penetration by shaped-charge jets and that it is possible to relate these penetration parameters to design parameters such as cone angle and liner thickness.

Descriptors:

• *SHAPED CHARGE JETS
• STANDOFF
• DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
• CAVITY LINERS
• CONICAL BODIES
• THICKNESS
• PENETRATION

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Armor

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE