The influence of pitch (vertical yaw) angle on the penetration reduction of rod projectiles into oblique targets has been investigated for tungsten sinter alloy rods with a blunt nose and LID = 20. Semi-infinite RHA targets with an obliquity of 30°, 45°, and 60° were impacted at 1650 m/s. The pitch angles were varied between ±90°. The strong asymmetric behavior of the target crater is dependent on whether the pitch is positive or negative relative to the obliquity of the target. The experiments provide a good overview of the penetration characteristics of long rods for the whole pitch angle range. The penetration data are described bv empirical relations that show good agreement with the experiments.


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    Title :

    Penetration efficiency as a function of target obliquity and projectile pitch


    Additional title:

    Eindringwirksamkeit als Funktion der Zielschrägheit und des Projektilwinkels


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2013


    Size :

    11 Seiten, 17 Bilder, 7 Tabellen, 20 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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