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A multipurpose projectile for penetrating urban targets / Robert A. Phillabaum II [and five others].
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Phillabaum, Robert A., II, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penetration mechanics.
- Fracture mechanics.
- Projectile points.
- Projectiles.
- Strains and stresses.
- Ammunition--Testing.
- Ammunition.
- Projectiles, Aerial.
- projectile points.
- stress.
- strain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ii, 9 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Place of Publication:
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD : US Army Research Laboratory, 2007.
- Summary:
- The U.S. Army Research Laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD is interested in developing a thin-walled munition capable of perforating an urban structure and delivering a payload intact to the interior of the structure. One of the most critical design aspects of this munition is the shell casing. Its shape, thickness, and material composition must be selected such that it has sufficient structural integrity to perforate a double-reinforced concrete wall as a rigid body and to deliver a payload to the interior of the structure. A combined experimental-computational approach is being used to evaluate candidate munition configurations. The goal of maximizing the payload mass delivered, with a thin-walled and lightweight casing, must be balanced against the need to retain sufficient structural integrity to survive the breaching of the wall intact. In this study, various casing-wall thicknesses and nose shapes and their effects on the payload volume were considered.
- Notes:
- The original document contains color images. Prepared in collaboration with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, MS. Pres. at the Army Science Conference held in Orlando, FL on 27 Nov 2006. Pub. in the Army Science Conference Proceedings, 27 Nov 2006.
- "April 2007."
- "ARL-RP-173."
- Offprint from: Army Science Conference proceedings (2006).
- Includes bibliographical references (page 6).
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (DTIC website, viewed July 6, 2020).
- OCLC:
- 227937849
- Access Restriction:
- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE.
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