STUDY OF CUTTING AERIAL PMMA WITH MINIATURE DETONATION CORD.

In order to shorten the time of through-the-canopy-ejection, and to ensure pilot safely escape and survive. The application of linear cutting technique using miniature detonation cord( MDC) in through-the-canopy-ejection-system is proposed. A series of different kinds of MDC are designed. Firstly experimental study on the cutting process of the PMMA plate wiht MDC is carried out. Material of metal cover explosive types and the range of charge quantities are determined. Consequently the phenomena of spallation is observed, and the relationship between the cutting depth and charge quantities is obtained. For the comparison, the process of explosion cutting PMMA plate is simulated by means of nonlinear dynamic analysis code LS-DYNA. Spallation phenomena which occurs in the experiment, is also observed in the simulation. Simulation results present the relationship of cutting depth of PMMA plate versus charge linear density, which well agree with experimental ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]