TY - GEN
T1 - DAMAGE EFFECTS OF ARMORED FUEL TANK BY PTFE/Al/MoO3 CORE REACTIVE PELE
AU - Cai, Yiqiang
AU - Zhang, Jiahao
AU - Liu, Zhengyang
AU - Wang, Haifu
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - A series of impacting experiments was carried out In order to investigate the effect of adding MoO3 on the damage of PTFE/Al reactive core penetrator with enhanced lateral effect (PELE) to the armored fuel tank. It turned out that with impact speed of 900m/s, PTFE/Al core reactive PELE penetrated 30mm armor but could not ignite the fuel tank, PTFE/Al/MoO3 core reactive PELE could not penetrate 30mm armor, both PELEs could penetrate 20mm armor and cause different degrees of deflagration of the fuel. The results show that adding 20% MoO3 can improve the damage effect of 30mm caliber PTFE/Al based core reactive PELE on 20mm armored fuel tank, while also reduce the penetration depth. According to the results, the typical reactive PELE ignition armored fuel tank can be divided into four stages: impact activation, inside deflagration, structural fracture enhancement, and oil-gas mixture ignition. The structural fracture of fuel tank is the premise of deflagration.
AB - A series of impacting experiments was carried out In order to investigate the effect of adding MoO3 on the damage of PTFE/Al reactive core penetrator with enhanced lateral effect (PELE) to the armored fuel tank. It turned out that with impact speed of 900m/s, PTFE/Al core reactive PELE penetrated 30mm armor but could not ignite the fuel tank, PTFE/Al/MoO3 core reactive PELE could not penetrate 30mm armor, both PELEs could penetrate 20mm armor and cause different degrees of deflagration of the fuel. The results show that adding 20% MoO3 can improve the damage effect of 30mm caliber PTFE/Al based core reactive PELE on 20mm armored fuel tank, while also reduce the penetration depth. According to the results, the typical reactive PELE ignition armored fuel tank can be divided into four stages: impact activation, inside deflagration, structural fracture enhancement, and oil-gas mixture ignition. The structural fracture of fuel tank is the premise of deflagration.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85179003903
T3 - Proceedings - 33rd International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2023
SP - 2538
EP - 2547
BT - Interior Ballistics, Terminal Ballistics
A2 - Coghe, Frederik
PB - DEStech Publications
T2 - 33rd International Symposium on Ballistics, BALLISTICS 2023
Y2 - 16 October 2023 through 20 October 2023
ER -