{"title":"Experimental and numerical study on ballistic impact behavior of explosively-welded double-layered Weldox700E targets against ogival-nosed projectiles","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2024.105134","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, explosive welding technique was used to fabricate 2 mm + 2 mm thick double layered Weldox700E steel targets. The bonding interface exhibited wave-shaped patterns without obvious micro-defects, grain refinement and grain elongation were observed. With specially designed shear specimen and tensile specimen, Ultimate stresses of the bonding interface under shear and tensile loadings were measured to be 526 MPa and 683 MPa, respectively. Ballistic impact tests against ogival-nosed projectiles were conducted on both explosively welded double-layered targets and double-layered contact targets. Ballistic limit velocities of the two target configurations were respectively 225.32 m/s and 203.98 m/s , with the former being 10.5 % higher than the latter. For both target configurations, localized bulging and petal-shaped cracking were observed; specially, welded bonding interface remains well bonded even after perforation of the projectile. Combining experimental results and numerical simulations, it was found that the explosively welded double-layered targets exhibited better ballistic performance than double-layered contact ones. The good welded bonding interface provides a better overall deformation capability for the explosively welded double-layered target, which is an important reason for the improved ballistic performance of the target. Although hardness tests show that there is a significant hardened layer in the explosively welded double-layered target, and the hardness value can reach up to 409.4 HV. However, the thin hardened layer cannot significantly improve the ballistic performance of the explosively welded double-layered target in the high-speed impact process of the projectile.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50318,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Impact Engineering","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Impact Engineering","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0734743X24002598","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Abstract
In this work, explosive welding technique was used to fabricate 2 mm + 2 mm thick double layered Weldox700E steel targets. The bonding interface exhibited wave-shaped patterns without obvious micro-defects, grain refinement and grain elongation were observed. With specially designed shear specimen and tensile specimen, Ultimate stresses of the bonding interface under shear and tensile loadings were measured to be 526 MPa and 683 MPa, respectively. Ballistic impact tests against ogival-nosed projectiles were conducted on both explosively welded double-layered targets and double-layered contact targets. Ballistic limit velocities of the two target configurations were respectively 225.32 m/s and 203.98 m/s , with the former being 10.5 % higher than the latter. For both target configurations, localized bulging and petal-shaped cracking were observed; specially, welded bonding interface remains well bonded even after perforation of the projectile. Combining experimental results and numerical simulations, it was found that the explosively welded double-layered targets exhibited better ballistic performance than double-layered contact ones. The good welded bonding interface provides a better overall deformation capability for the explosively welded double-layered target, which is an important reason for the improved ballistic performance of the target. Although hardness tests show that there is a significant hardened layer in the explosively welded double-layered target, and the hardness value can reach up to 409.4 HV. However, the thin hardened layer cannot significantly improve the ballistic performance of the explosively welded double-layered target in the high-speed impact process of the projectile.
期刊介绍:
The International Journal of Impact Engineering, established in 1983 publishes original research findings related to the response of structures, components and materials subjected to impact, blast and high-rate loading. Areas relevant to the journal encompass the following general topics and those associated with them:
-Behaviour and failure of structures and materials under impact and blast loading
-Systems for protection and absorption of impact and blast loading
-Terminal ballistics
-Dynamic behaviour and failure of materials including plasticity and fracture
-Stress waves
-Structural crashworthiness
-High-rate mechanical and forming processes
-Impact, blast and high-rate loading/measurement techniques and their applications