Hypervelocity Impact Cratering on Semi-Infinite Concrete Targets of Projectiles with Different Length to Diameter Ratios
Open Access
- 5 June 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Applied Sciences
- Vol. 10 (11), 3910
- https://doi.org/10.3390/app10113910
Abstract
Impact cratering experiments were performed on semi-infinite concrete targets with 7 mm-diameter 40CrNiMo steel long-rod projectiles at impact velocities ranging from 2117 m/s to 3086 m/s by using a two-stage combustion light-gas gun. After the impact experiments, the crater diameter and depth as well as the crater volume were carefully measured. The concrete fragments were collected from the target chamber and the fragment mass was measured. The size of the crater (including the volume, diameter, and depth) and the fragment mass increased with increasing impact velocities, while the fragment distributions at different impact velocities were almost the same. Scaling laws for the crater volume impacted by the rod-shaped projectile were discussed and an empirical formula of crater volume was determined by the experimental data from the literature. Through the verification of the present experimental results, the predictive ability of the empirical formula proved to be reliable. Scaling laws for the size distribution of concrete fragments were also discussed. The normalized fragment mass distribution was proportional to the impact velocity raised to the power 1.5.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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