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Penetration of a Rigid Rod into a Thick Steel Plate at Elevated Velocities

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Results of studies on the effect of impact velocities and shapes of the head face of a rigid rod on its behavior upon penetration into a thick plate from mild low-carbon steel at velocities of up to 600 m/s are presented. Experimental relations between penetration depths and impact velocities were obtained for rods with conical and hemispherical head faces. A simple analytical description of the process allowing for the effect of viscous resistance at the initial stage of the rod's penetration into the plate was proposed.

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  1. All-Russia Research Institute for Experimental Physics, Sarov, Russia

    V. A. Medvedkin

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Golubev, V.K., Medvedkin, V.A. Penetration of a Rigid Rod into a Thick Steel Plate at Elevated Velocities. Strength of Materials 33, 400–405 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012421013727

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