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The Effect of Cylindrical Liner Material on the Jet Formation and Penetration Capability of Cylinder-Cone-Shaped
Yifan Wang1, Zhijun Wang1, Yongjie Xu1,2
1College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China.
Abstract:
The jet formation and penetration capacity of cylinder-cone-shaped charges against steel targets were studied using the method of numerical simulation. Cylinder-cone-shaped charge models with five cylindrical liner materials, including nickel, tungsten, tantalum, steel 4340 and copper, were established to investigate the penetration capability and were compared with the classical conical-shaped charge. Moreover, the influence of the connection method of the cylindrical liner and the truncated liner on the jet performance was examined. The results show that the head velocity of the projectile formed by the cylinder-cone-shaped charge with a cylindrical nickel liner was larger than that with other cylindrical liner materials; in addition, it was larger by 50.2% compared with that formed by the classical conical-shaped charge. The penetration depth of the steel target by the cylinder-cone-shaped charge with a cylindrical copper liner was the largest, which could be 51.7% higher than that of a classical conical-shaped charge at a standoff of 2.5 D. For 2.0 D and 2.5 D standoff distances, the penetration depths were increased by 18.4% and 29.5%, respectively, by using the connection method of putting the cylindrical nickel liner on the neck of the truncated liner compared with that of the previous cylinder-cone-shaped charge with a cylindrical nickel liner.
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