1. Penetration Efficiency as a Function of Target Obliquity and Projectile Pitch.
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Anderson, Jr., Charles E., Behner, Thilo, and Hohler, Volker
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PROJECTILES , *MILITARY shooting , *BALLISTICS , *TUNGSTEN alloys , *SINTERING , *IRON metallurgy - Abstract
The influence of pitch (vertical yaw) angle on the penetration reduction of rod projectiles into oblique targets has been investigated for tungsten sinter alloy rods with a blunt nose and LID = 20. Semi-infinite RHA targets with an obliquity of 30 deg, 45 deg, and 60 deg were impacted at 1650 mis. The pitch angles were varied between ±90 deg. The strong asymmetric behavior of the target crater is dependent on whether the pitch is positive or negative relative to the obliquity of the target. The experiments provide a good overview of the penetration characteristics of long rods for the whole pitch angle range. The penetration data are described by empirical relations that show good agreement with the experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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