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Acta Armamentarii ›› 2024, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (S1): 20-32.doi: 10.12382/bgxb.2024.0041

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Theoretical Model for Impact Load of Kinetic Energy Missile

YANG Zehuan, ZHANG Xianfeng*(), LIU Chuang, TAN Mengting, XIONG Wei   

  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2024-01-15 Online:2024-02-28
  • Contact: ZHANG Xianfeng

Abstract:

Kinetic energy missile is a new type of anti-armor weapon that combines the effects of kinetic energy strike and armor penetration, but there is currently no relevant theoretical model available for reference regarding the load characteristics and influencing factors of impact process. The load characteristics of the impact process of kinetic energy missiles are studied. By considering the missile-target action behaviors in different velocity ranges, a calculation model for the impact load of kinetic energy missile body is established. The calculated results indicate that the impact load of missile is directly related to the geometric characteristics, impact velocity, density, strength, and other properties of missile. The change in the impulse of missile is relatively small at low velocity, but at high velocity, the rebound of the shattered mass significantly increases the impulse, and the impulse contribution of the shell accounts for a larger proportion of the impact impulse. The amplitude of impact load curve increases with the increase of shell strength and density, but the influence of density on the load waveform characteristics is more obvious. At the same velocity, the influence of shell strength on the momentum transfer factor of missile is relatively small, but the influence of shell density has a significant effect on it. At the same velocity, the influence of shell strength on the momentum transfer factor of missile is relatively small, while the shell density has a greater impact on it, The transfer factor curve shows a trend of increasing first and then decreasing with the increase in density.

Key words: kinetic energy missile, impact load, hypervelocity penetration, momentum transfer

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