Performance of Titanium Alloy Shaped Charge Liner Penetrating Pure Copper Target and Carbon Steel Target

In order to study the influence of the interaction between the jet and the target on the penetration performance, a pure copper target and a carbon steel target were penetrated by a titanium alloy shaped charge jet. The results show that both the hole diameter and the penetration depth of the pure Cu target is much greater than those of the carbon steel target. After static armor-piercing tests, the microstructures of the pure copper target and the carbon steel target around the ballistic trajectory were investigated in detail. The micro-structural analysis reveals the penetration mechanisms of the titanium alloy shaped charge liner penetrating the pure copper target and the carbon steel target, and the influence of the interaction between the jet and the target on the penetration performance.