Numerical simulation and experimental study on forming of pentaprism directional MEFP

Explosively formed projectile (EFP) has the advantages of high flight speed, high burst height, insensitivity to initial velocity, etc. To study the forming performance of multiple explosively formed projectile (MEFP) and to analyze the factors influencing the forming results. A directional pentagonal prism MEFP with five liners is proposed in this paper. Experiments were conducted to validate the performance of this MEFP. The experimental results show that the generated EFPs have high flight speeds. However, the EFP hit position on the target plate was offset, causing multiple positional penetrations. To analyze the causes of the phenomenon, a numerical simulation model of directional MEFP is established and the forming process of MEFP is numerically simulated. The simulation results indicate that the EFP fracture occurs during the forming process due to the asymmetric detonation wave, and its tail cannot be fully closed. Combined with the numerical simulation and experimental results, the forming performance of the liners used in the MEFP has been further developed. Further analysis was carried out on the effect of liner thickness and height on forming performance. It can be seen that as the thickness of the liners increases, the length of the head of EFP increase, the incidence of EFP tail fracture decreased, the aspect ratio increases and the EFP velocity decrease. As the height of the MEFP increases, the velocity of the EFP increases, the head ratio increases, the shape of the detonation wave tends to be symmetrical, and the tendency of the EFP to appear as an unclosed tail decreases.