Quantitative Evidence of Reaction During Hypervelocity Penetration of Aluminum Through Oxygenated Fluids
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Moore, Joseph
Craig, William
Dolak, Marek
Peters, Max
Salk, Manfred
Flumac, Nick
Brown, Ronald E.
GloĆ ner, Christoph
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2013
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Qualitative evidence of chemical reactions between combustible metal shaped charges in air and water has previously been reported based
on high-speed photography, spectroscopy, and calorimetry. This report covers investigations directed towards quantifying the conditions
under which reaction occurs and the consequences on terminal encounter with submerged inert steel plates. In order to distinguish effects
hypervelocity long-rod and shaped charge jet impact experiments were conducted in inert fluid, water and concentrated hydrogen
peroxide. It is shown that reaction causes foreshortening of aluminum penetrators at rates that are more competitive at impact velocities
towards the slow end of an effective penetrating jet, and that localized reaction and thermal expansion of ablative particulates prior to and
after impact can cause substantial plate deformation. The results are consistent with hydrodynamic penetration theory when modified for
reaction induced foreshortening. Predicted impact and penetration effects against submerged steel plates submerged in a chemically inert
fluid are shown to agree with experiment, and the effect of density difference between the selected spindle oil inert simulant, water and
concentrated hydrogen peroxide are shown to be within experimental variation.
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2013.05.019
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The 12th Hypervelocity Impact Symposium, Procedia Engineering, Volume 58, 2013, pp. 157-166
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