Study on shock initiation of cylindrical-shell charge impacted by spherical fragment

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Abstract

The numerical simulation of the interaction between spherical tungsten fragments and cylindrical Comp-B explosive covered by steel casing was carried out by using AUTODYN-3D software. The influences of the fragment impact angle θ and cylindrical charge curvature radius r on the impact initiation characteristics of the explosive are analyzed, and the critical initiation velocity of cylindrical-shell charge (CSC) is obtained. The results show that the impact initiation mechanism of CSC coincides with that of planar-shell charge (PSC). For CSC, the critical initiation velocity increases exponentially with the increase of the sine value of θ and increases nonlinearly with the increase of r, which indicates that the CSC is easier to detonate. In addition, another high-precision simulation software SPEED was used to carry out the initiation process of the insensitive explosive PBXN-109 under the impact of fragments, hoping to provide a reference for further study of impact initiation in reality.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 30th International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2017
EditorsSidney Chocron, James D. Walker
PublisherDEStech Publications Inc.
Pages1469-1481
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9781605954196
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Event30th International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2017 - Long Beach, United States
Duration: 11 Sept 201715 Sept 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 30th International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2017
Volume2

Conference

Conference30th International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLong Beach
Period11/09/1715/09/17

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