Research Summaries

Back Investigation of the Effects of Hydro-Reaction During Hypervelocity Impact and Penetration

Fiscal Year 2007
Division Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department Physics
Investigator(s) Brown, Ronald E.
Sinibaldi, Jose O.
Sponsor Office of Naval Research (Navy)
Summary This proposal is directed towards determining whether exothermic chemical energy released during the transit of hypervelocity long-rod aluminum penetrators through water and target impact is intense enough to contribute to terminal effectiveness. A reverse streamline flow model will be developed based on the results of gas-gun experiments, and 3D finite difference and chemical fluid dynamics simulations.
Keywords Hypervelocity Impact Penetration Mechanics Reactive Materials Modeling
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