Abstract
Recent experimental studies by Hauver et al. reveal that the ballistic performance of ceramic targets depends entirely on the state of confinement of a ceramic in a composite target. If the ceramic confinement is preserved, the penetrator is consumed by lateral flow at the ceramic-cover plate interface; this mechanism is known as interface defeat. In the experiments reported in this paper, stress histories produced at the cover plate-ceramic interface and ceramic-back plate interface are recorded with in-material gauges. Velocity measurements, at the back plate free surface, are recorded with VISAR. Partial interface defeat of the L/D 20 tungsten long rods shot at 1.7 km/s, on composite targets containing alumina and Titanium diboride ceramics, was obtained.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 855-857 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Review of High Pressure Science and Technology/Koatsuryoku No Kagaku To Gijutsu |
| Volume | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1998 |
Keywords
- Ceramic confinement
- Diagnostic techniques
- Interface defeat
- Partial defeat
- Tungsten penetrator
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemistry(all)
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics