Damaging Effects of Weapons and Ammunition. Igor A. Balagansky

(p) and mass velocity (u) in detonation...Figure 3.23 Geometric representation of the criterion for the destruction of...Figure 3.24 Generalization of results on the vulnerability of personnel when...Figure 3.25 Movement of SW and expansion of EP during an explosion in the wa...Figure 3.26 Pressure dependence versus time at a fixed point in an explosion...Figure 3.27 Dependence of gas bubble radius on time: T – period of the first...Figure 3.28 r–t diagram of the initial stage of a spherical charge exp...Figure 3.29 The behavior of the explosive load acting on an object near a re...Figure 3.30 The behavior of explosive load acting on the object near the fre...Figure 3.31 Influence of the free surface on the destructive effect of an un...Figure 3.32 Characteristic zones formed by a charge explosion in boundless s...Figure 3.33 Illustration for the fictitious charge method.Figure 3.34 Crater scheme.Figure 3.35 Resistance forces

to the movement of soil particles located: (...Figure 3.36 Seismogram of an explosion.

      5 Chapter 4Figure 4.1 Armor‐piercing caliber projectiles: (a) sharp‐headed projectile; ...Figure 4.2 Armor‐piercing sub‐caliber projectiles: (a) 57‐mm spool‐shaped; (...Figure 4.3 Sub‐caliber projectile with discardable sabot: 1 – ballistic tip;...Figure 4.4 Armor‐piercing sub‐caliber projectiles without cores (Figure 4.4a...Figure 4.5 Concrete‐piercing projectiles: (a) 152‐mm projectile; (b) 203‐mm ...Figure 4.6 Samples of bullets for rifle and automatic rifle cartridges. Rifl...Figure 4.7 Examples of types of impactors: (a) armor‐piercing projectile; (b...Figure 4.8 Types of target destruction: (a) brittle fracture; (b) fracture w...Figure 4.9 Phase diagram characterizing the collision of the impactor with t...Figure 4.10 Scheme of the mechanism of plug formation.Figure 4.11 Ballistic limit determination by (a) statistical measurements an...Figure 4.12 Photographs of crater cross‐sections illustrating the change in ...Figure 4.13 Dependence of crater depth on impact velocity in the case of ste...Figure 4.14 Dependencies of the crater depth on the impact velocity: steel b...Figure 4.15 Characteristics of the shape of craters. The notations are the s...Figure 4.16 High‐velocity penetration of projectile into the target (a–c); p...Figure 4.17 Predictions of the Alekseevskii‐Tate eroding rod model; both vel...Figure 4.18 Dependence of the relative deformation of the impactor on the sp...Figure 4.19 (a) Segmented rod with segments adjacent to each other during la...Figure 4.20 (a, b) Scheme of the interaction of the impactor with the thin s...Figure 4.21 The X‐ray image of the interaction of a compact cylindrical impa...Figure 4.22 The X‐ray image of a barrier piercing with a rod.

      6 Chapter 5Figure 5.1 Experimental assembly scheme: 1 – electric detonator; 2 – active ...Figure 5.2 A typical surface of a steel identification specimen with a hole ...Figure 5.3 Initial posting with dimensions of 13.0 cm × 4.0 cm. The bottom b...Figure 5.4 Material flow fields and pressure contours at different times wit...Figure 5.5 Pressure profile on the symmetry axis of active HE charge at the ...Figure 5.6 Graph of the axial stress in the silicon carbide insert versus ax...Figure 5.7 Pressure graph in the passive HE charge versus axial distance at

      7 Appendix AFigure A.1 Hugoniot shock adiabat.

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