BALLISTICS 2014

• • Numerical Simulation of the Natural Fragmentation of Explosively Loaded Thick Walled Cylinders

G. CULLIS, P. DUNSMORE, A. HARRISON, I. LEWTAS and R. TOWNSLEY

• • Problem of the Reference Height of the Projectile Trajectory as a Reduced Meteo-Ballistic Weighting Factor

V. CECH, L. JEDLICKA and J. JEVICKY

• • Shock Tube Design for High Intensity Blast Waves for Laboratory Testing of Armor and Combat Materiel

ELIJAH COURTNEY, AMY COURTNEY and MICHAEL COURTNEY

• • Shaped Charge Jets Driven by Electromagnetic Energy

FRED GRACE, JAMES DEGNAN, CHRIS ROTH, DONALD GALE, SEAN COFFEY and MARK LEHR

• • The Effect of Grain Size on Dynamic Tensile Extrusion Behavior

LEEJU PARK and SEOK BONG KIM

• • Perforation of Thin Plate Targets by Laser Impact

MATTHIAS WICKERT and JENS OSTERHOLZ

• • Dynamic Characterization of Ceramics Using a High Pulsed Power Generator

BENJAMIN ERZAR and JEAN-LUC ZINSZNER

• • A Study of Using Laser Ignition in Examination of Pyrotechnic Delay Device

RADOSLAW WARCHOL, MARCIN NITA, JACEK BORKOWSKI and RAFAL BAZELA

• • Assessing New Operational Opportunities by Scalable Effects with UniVeMo

M. GRASWALD, DANIEL ROSSBERG and HEINRICH DORSCH

• • Investigations on the Charge Confinement at Sub-Detonative Outputs

M. GRASWALD

EXPLOSION MECHANICS

• • • Test Methodology to Quantify Fragment Dispersion in Fragment Generator Warheads

K. D. DHOTE and K. P. S. MURTHY

• • • Constitutive Behavior of Ta-2.5W and the Application to Liner for Explosively Formed Projectile

FEI GAO, XIANFENG ZHANG, MINGYANG WANG, LIANG QIAO and JIANG ZHANG

• • • Study of Simple Plane Wave Generator with an Air-Metal Barrier

WEI XIONG, XIANG-FENG ZHANG, ZHONG-WEI GUAN, YONG HE, LIANG QIAO and LI-LI GUO

• • • Design Technique for Linear Fragment Distribution in Dynamic Explosion

ZHENGFENG LIANG, BAOHUI YUAN, SHUJIE CHENG and HUILING LIU

• • • The Effect of the Detonation Mode on the Multi-Layered Linear Explosively-Formed Projectile

XINGYUN SUN, GANG LI, BAOHUI YUAN and YUWU CAO

• • • New Method for Axial Equal Explosive Field Intensity Control

SHUJIE CHENG and ZHENGFENG LIANG

• • • Explosive Materials Characterisation by TNT Equivalence

P. M. LOCKING

• • • On the Relation between the Ignition and Growth Model and Shock Initiation Criteria

ROY CEDER

• • • Measurement of Dynamic Deformation of Clamped Circular Plates in Small Scale Blast Loading Experiments

M. SNYMAN, M. OLIVIER and F. J. MOSTERT

• • • Study on Design and Performance of Linear EFP Warhead

YUWU CAO, XINGYUN SUN, BAOHUI YUAN and WANJUN GENG

• • • Simulation of Shaped Charge Jet Formation Using ALE Element Formulation

DEVON DOWNES, AMAL BOUAMOUL and MANOUCHEHR NEJAD ENSAN

• • • Experimental and Numerical Study of the Fragmentation of Expanding Warhead Casings by Using Numerical Codes and Solution Techniques

JOHN F. MOXNES, ANNE K. PRYTZ, OYVIND FROYLAND, SIRI KLOKKEHAUG, STIAN SKRIUDALEN, EVA FRIIS, JAN A. TELAND, CATO DORUM and GARD ODEGARDSTUEN

• • • Strain Rate Dependency and Fragmentation Pattern of Expanding Warheads

JOHN F. MOXNES, ANNE K. PRYTZ, OYVIND FROYLAND, STEINAR BORVE, STIAN SKRIUDALEN, and GARD ODEGARDSTUEN

• • • Very Long Standoff Penetration of Shaped-Charge Jets

MEIR MAYSELESS, HANSPETER KAUFMANN, LEV MISIUK and EITAN HIRSCH

• • • Study on the Fracture Behavior of PBX Under Static Tension

H. GUO, J. R. LUO, P. A. SHI and J. G. XU

• • • A Novel Method for Measuring the Dynamic Fracture-Initiation Toughness under Impulsive Loadings

MARIA JESUS PEREZ-MARTIN, BORJA ERICE, DAVID A. CENDON and FRANCISCO GALVEZ

• • • Shaped Charge Jet Interaction with Nitrocellulose Propellant

GINA SCHAFER, GREG MANNIX and JERRY WATSON

• • • Numerical Simulation for the Thermal Response of the Cookoff Bomb on Fire

X. L. ZHANG, T. HONG, J. F. LOU, H. F. DONG and S. D. ZHANG

• • • Jet Velocity Profile of Linear Shaped Charges

SEOKBIN LIM

• • • Spall Initiation of Confined Explosives

ANDREAS HELTE and JONAS LUNDGREN

• • • New Analytical Formulations for Land Mine Total and Specific Impulse Predictions

SCOTT A. MULLIN, ALEXANDER J. CARPENTER, JOHN P. RIEGEL III, P. A. COX, JOHN M. MCFARLAND, CARL WEISS, JAMES D. WALKER, DAVID S. RIHA, DONALD J. GROSCH and JAMES T. MATHIS

• • • The Effect of Wave Shaper on Velocity and Length-Diameter Ratio of EFP

CHUAN-SHENG ZHU, ZHENG-XIANG HUANG, XU-DONG ZU, QIANG-QIANG XIAO and CHANG-SHENG ZHOU

• • • Underwater Explosion Bubble Dynamics of a Round Column PETN

CHAO HUANG, BIN WANG, LIUWEI GUO and YULIN GUI

• • • Modifications of the Gurney Equation to Account for Gas Leakage

HO SOO KIM, E. ROTTENKOLBER, T. HARTMANN and W. ARNOLD

• • • Axially Switchable Modes Warheads

W. ARNOLD, E. ROTTENKOLBER and T. HARTMANN

• • • Shock Tube Evaluation of Gauges for Blast Measurement

DAVID DAVISON, NICK GLUMAC and DAN PRATT

• • • Effects of Meso-Scale Perturbations in Detonation Reaction Zone on Shaped Charge Liner Response

IGOR PLAKSIN, RAAFAT GUIRGUIS, LUIS RODRIGUES, RICARDO MENDES, SVYATOSLAV PLAKSIN, EDUARDO FERNANDES and CLAUDIA FERREIRA

• • • Shaped Charge Design Issues for Exploiting Supra-Pressure Detonation

STANLEY E. DEFISHER, CHRISTOPHER A. TILLEY, DIMITRIOS FANARAS and RONALD E. BROWN

INTERIOR BALLISTICS

• • • Research on Burning Behaviors of Foamed Gun Propellants

YUXIANG LI, WEITAO YANG and SANJIU YING

• • • Burning Characteristics of Microcellular Combustible Objects

WEITAO YANG, YUXIANG LI and SANJIU YING

• • • Investigation of Two-Stage Powder Ballistic Installation

ALEKASNDR V. BOUGAEV, SERGEY GERASIMOV, VLADIMIR I. EROFEYEV, SERGEY V. KOLCHEV and YELENA A. MIKHAILOVA

• • • Technique of Dual Environmental Force Simulation on Launching Trajectory for Fuze Testing in Laboratory

YANNING GUI, ZHENG HUANG and YINGCHE WANG

• • • Experimental Investigation of a Cook-Off Temperature in a Hot Barrel

PHIL PITCHER, MATHEW AZAVEDO and AMER HAMEED

• • • Engraving, Friction and Wear in Small Caliber Guns

OVE S. DULLUM, HAAKON FYKSE and JOHN F. MOXNES

• • • Linking Two- and One-Dimensional Internal Ballistics Analyses

S. GEORGI, M. POCOCK, C. WOODLEY and C. TURPIE

• • • Simulation of Propellant Combustion Using the ICT-Cellular-Combustion-Algorithm (ICCA)

SEBASTIAN WURSTER and THOMAS S. FISCHER

• • • Investigation of Application of Multiple-Pulse Energy Control Technology to Tactical Missiles

LIU TINGGUO

• • • Study of Nano-Nitramine Explosives: Preparation, Sensitivity and Application

JIE LIU, WEI JIANG, QING YANG, JIAN SONG, GAZI HAO and FENGSHENG LI

• • • A Novel 105 MM Four Zone Solution Propellant for Propelling Heavy Projectiles

EUGENE ROZUMOV, DAVID THOMPSON, CARLTON P. ADAM, JEFFREY WYCKOFF, THELMA G. MANNING, HENRY GRAU, ELBERT CARAVACA and JOHN O’REILLY

• • • Deterring of Double Based Ball Powder with Inorganic and Organic Salts to Replace Dibutyl-Phthalate and Prevent Deterrent Migration

EUGENE ROZUMOV, ELBERT CARAVACA, HENRY GRAU, JEFFREY WYCKOFF, JOSEPH LAQUIDARA, THELMA MANNING, JIM DRUMMOND, JEANNETTE BROOKS and ROBERT PULVER

• • • Barrell Leade Effects on 5.56-MM Interior Ballistics

JOHN J. RITTER

• • • Measurements of Early Bullet Motion at 5.56 MM and 7.62 MM

RICHARD A. BEYER and JOHN J. RITTER

• • • Performance Testing of Lead Free Primers: Blast Waves, Velocity Variations and Environmental Testing

ELYA COURTNEY, AMY COURTNEY, PETER DAVID SUMMER and MICHEAL COURTNEY

• • • Deconsolidation and Combustion Performance of Thermally Consolidated Propellants Deterred by Multi-Layers Coating

ZHANGGANG XIAO, SANJIU YING and FUMING XU

• • • Analysis of Inter-Chamber Energy and Mass Transport in High-Low Pressure Gun Systems

RYAN HILL and LOGAN MCLEOD

• • • Formulation Development and Characterization of Cellulose Acetate Nitrate Based Propellants for Improved Insensitive Munitions Properties

THELMA MANNING, JEFFREY WYCKOFF, CARLTON ADAM, EUGENE ROZUMOV, KENNETH KLINGAMAN, VIRAL PANCHAL, JOSEPH LAQUIDARA, MIKE FAIR, JOHN BOLOGNINI, KEITH LUHMANN, STEVE VELARDE, CHRISTINE KNOWW, STEPHANIE M. PIRAINO and KEVIN BOYD

• • • 45 MM ETI Gun Firings with a CAB-LOVA Gun Propellant

AXEL SATTLER, DENNY ABERG, DOMINIK RAKUS and RUDI HEISER

• • • Pressure Vessel Discharge Non-Dimensional Equations

JON J. YAGLA

• • • Internal Ballistics Simulation Incorporating Shotshell Dynamics

JEAN-FRANCOIS PARENT and KEVIN M. JAANSALU

• • • Coupling of a Lumped Mass Interior Ballistic Code with the Structural Finite Element Code Abaqus

A. BLOT and R. CHAPLIN

• • • Experimental Investigation of Different Ignition Methods for LOVA Gun Propellant

BARBARA BASCHUNG, AMAR BOUCHAMA, MARC COMET and CHRISTOPHE BOULNOIS

EXTERIOR BALLISTICS

• • • Algorithm for Definition of External Parameters in Aeroballistic Experiment

SERGEY I. GERASIMOV, ALEKSANDR V. BOUGAEV and VASILIY I. KOSTIN

• • • Schemes of Shadow Photographing in Practice of Aeroballistic Experiment

SERGEY I. GERASIMOV, ALEKSANDR V. BOUGAEV and VLADIMIR I. EROFEYEV

• • • Modeling and Simulation of Ballistic Characteristics for Dual-Spin Stabilized Projectiles Equipped with Canards

SIJIANG CHANG, LINFANG QIAN and ZHONGYUAN WANG

• • • Method of Trajectory Prediction and Analysis of Correction Quantity for One-Dimensional Trajectory Correction Projectiles

ZHONGYUAN WANG and SIJIANG CHANG

• • • Comparison between Classical and Modern Control Theory in Roll Control Application on a Guided Ammunition

PAOLO FERSINO and ISHMAEL STROOBANT

• • • Trajectory Optimization Design under Uncertainty for a Gliding Projectile

QI CHEN, ZHONGYUAN WANG and SIJIANG CHANG

• • • Aerodynamic Parameter Estimation Using Maximum Likelihood Method Based on Artificial Fish School Algorithm

JING YANG, ZHONGYUAN WANG and SIJIANG CHANG

• • • Explosively Formed Penetrators (EFP) with Fins Formation and Flight Characteristics

JIAN-QING LIU, WEN-BIN GU, MING LU and HAO-MING XU

• • • The Probability Analysis Method of the Target being within Seeker’s FOV in the LOAL (Lock-On After Launch) System

JAEHOON HA

• • • On the Control of a 155 MM Spin-Stabilized Projectile Using the Coanda Effect

MICKAEL ZEIDLER, ERIC GARNIER, ROXAN CAYZAC and ALAIN MERLEN

• • • Aeroballistics of a Yawing-Spinning Finned Artillery Projectile: Evaluation of a 1D Passive Deflection Correction System

R. CAYZAC, E. CARETTE, M. ZEIDLER, P. DENIS, R. THEPOT, E. GARNIER, P. WEY, B. MARTINEZ and C. GRIGNON

• • • Research on Dynamical Response of Projectile Penetrating Multi-Layer Water Targets

MEI LI, SHUSHAN WANG, FENG MA, RONGHUI PU and YONG DU

• • • A Fast Trajectory Prediction Method Based on Error Compensation of Attack Angle

DONG-GUANG LI, XU-DONG LIU and GUANG-YU ZENG

• • • Selected Ballistic Aspects of Fire Control System Designed to Anti-Aircraft Gun

ZBIGNIEW LECIEJEWSKI, TOMASZ ZAWADA, PRZEMYSLAW KOWALCZUK, JACEK SZYMONIK and PRZEMYSLAW CZYRONIS

• • • Supersonic Projectile Behavior under Electric Discharges Generating a Plasma

PATRICK GNEMMI, CHRISTIAN REY and PIERRE WEY

• • • 2D Course Correction System for Spin-Stabilized Projectiles Using a Spoiler Control Surface

PIERRE WEY, BASTIEN MARTINEZ, ROXAN CAYZAC, ERIC CARETTE, PASCAL DENIS and CHRISTOPHE GRIGNON

• • • Flight Performance of a Man Portable Guided Projectile Concept

FRANK FRESCONI, JAMES DESPIRITO and ILMARS CELMINS

• • • Aerodynamic Coefficients Identification Procedure of a Finned Projectile Using Magnetometers and Videos Free Flight Data

MARIE ALBISSER, CLAUDE BERNER, SIMONA DOBRE, MAGALIE THOMASSIN and HUGUES GARNIER

• • • Experimental Tests of the Proportionality of Aerodynamic Drag to Air Density for Supersonic Projectiles

ELYA COURTNEY, AMY COURTNEY and MICHAEL COURTNEY

• • • Small Arms Surface Danger Zones—Ricochet Analysis for a Probability Based on Computation Methodology

MICHAEL GRINGAUZ, YOAV GUR, DAVID TOUATI, SHARON PELES and ARON PILA

• • • Coupled Roll Rate-Bending Behavior of Long-Rod Penetrators

MICHAEL A. MINNICINO

• • • Actuator Characterization of a Man Portable Precision Maneuver Concept

ILMARS CELMINS, FRANK E. FRESCONI and BRYANT P. NELSON

• • • A Passive Method to Stabilize an Airborne Vehicle

TIMO SAILARANTA and ARI SILTAVUORI

• • • A One-Dimensional code for the Analysis of Internal Ballistic Problems

G. MONREAL-GONZALEZ, R. A. OTON-MARTINEZ, F. J. S. VELASCO, J. R. GARCIA-CASCALES, F. VERA-GARCIA, C. BULLON-SANCHEZ and D. MORATILLA-FERNANDEZ

• • • Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Gun Blast and Extension to the Far Field

JON J. YAGLA and SAMUEL R. KOSKI

• • • Development and Demonstration of a New Capability for Aerodynamic Characterization of Medium Caliber Projectiles

T. GORDON BROWN, THOMAS HARKINS, MICHAEL DON, REX HALL, JAMES GARNER and BRADFORD DAVIS

• • • GPS-Denied Navigation for Artillery Projectiles Equipped with a Course-Correcting Fuze

JAMES MALEY, FRANK FRESCONI and LUISA FAIRFAX

• • • Simulation and Experimental Research on Line Throwing Rocket with Flight

WEN-BIN GU, MING LU, JIAN-QING LIU, QIN-XING DONG, ZHEN-XIONG WANG and JIANG-HAI CHEN

• • • Trajectory Correction Capability Modeling of Projectiles with Lateral Propellant Impulse Thrusters

MIN GAO, YONGWEI ZHANG and CHAOWANG LI

LAUNCH DYNAMICS

• • • The Measurement Method of Vibration Response Time of Gun Structure under Firing Condition

B.-Y. WANG, X.-J. SHAO, B.-H. LI, P.-K. LIU, P.-F. ZHANG and H.-X. CHAO

• • • Modeling of Intermediate Ballistics of Modernized 35 M Caliber Naval Gun

MARTA CZYZEWSKA and RADOSLAW TREBINSKI

• • • Numerical Simulation of Sabot Discarding Process of APFSDS

XIANGYANG QUAN

• • • Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of a Gun Tube During Firing

ANTOINE OGER, OPHELIE CHEVALIER, YANN GUILMARD and JEROME CREPIN

• • • Subscale Simulation of Sabot Separation

ILMARS CELMINS

 

VOLUME 2

 

TERMINAL BALLISTICS

• • • Effect of Fragment Geometry on Ballistic Protection

RACHEL GIBBON, DEBRA CARR, CATHERINE CRAWFORD, CLAIRE LANKESTER and NICKY GRIDLEY

• • • Effect of FSP Material on the Perforation of a Typical Body Armor Fabric

VANESA STEIER, DEBRA CARR, CATHERINE CRAWFORD, MICHAEL TEAGLE, DAVID MILLER, SIMON HOLDEN and MARK HELLIKER

• • • Statistical Method for Determining Governing Properties of High-Velocity Polymer Penetrations

CAREY D. PRICE and TODD S. RUSHING

• • • From a Hydrocode Model of Dyneema HB26 to Radically Improved Armor

HARM VAN DER WERFF, ULRICH HEISSERER, TORSTEN LASSIG and WERNER RIEDEL

• • • Analysis of the Dynamic Visco-Plastic Properties of the Tungsten Alloy Used for Penetrators

LEOPOLD KRUSZKA, MARIUSZ MAGIER and MARIUSZ ZIELENKIEWICZ

• • • Numerical Study of Damage Propagation and Dynamic Fracture in Sapphire

COSTAS G. FOUNTZOULAS and ELMAR STRASSBURGER

• • • Influence of the Fiber Alignment in the Ballistic Performance of Dyneema Non-Woven Fabrics

FRANCISCA MARTINEZ-HERGUETA, FRANCISCO GÁLVEZ and CARLOS GONZALEZ

• • • The Effect of Target Thickness on the Ballistic Performance of UHMW Polyethylene Composite

LONG H. NGUYEN, SHANNON RYAN, STEPHEN J. CIMPOERU, ADRIAN P. MOURITZ and ADRIAN C. ORIFICI

• • • The Damage Mechanism and Effects of Reactive Fragments

JIN CHEN, BAO-HUI YUAN, CHUAN XIAO, ZHENG-FENG LIANG, XIONG-WEI ZHENG and YUAN-JIAN CHEN

• • • Thermal Effect on Mass Loss of Projectile during Penetration into Concrete: Experimental and Numerical Study

LEI GUO, YONG HE, XIANFENG ZHANG, YUAN HE and LIANG QIAO

• • • High-Speed Penetration of Metal Blade Projectiles

V. A. VELDANOV, S. V. FEDOROV, A. YU. DAURSKIKH, M. A. MAXIMOV, M. YU. SOTSKIY and V. S. KOZLOV

• • • Research on the Theoretical Model of Long-Rod Penetration into Metal Target over a Wide Velocity Range

JIANFENG LOU, YANGENG ZHANG, ZHENG WANG, TAO HONG, XIAOLI ZHANG and SHUDAO ZHANG

• • • The Effective Analysis of Backup Plates of Explosive Reactive Armour

HEON JOO LEE, JOON HONG CHOI, CHANG HYUN LEE and DONG KYU KIM

• • • Evaluation of Ballistic Performance of Bi-Layered Ceramic Armor Using Numerical Simulations

VITALY PARIS, YOAV HIRSCHBERG, ZVI ASSAF, MOSHE RAVID and NIMI SHAPIRA

• • • Cavitation Theory Applied to Polycarbonate Ballistic Response

A. WEISS and D. DURBAN

• • • FEM Analysis on the “Self-Sharpening” Behavior of Tungsten-Fiber/Metallic Glass Matrix Composite Long Rod

J. C. LI, X. W. CHEN and F. L. HUANG

• • • Oblique Penetration into Steel-Confined Ceramic Armour

G. E. B. TAN and J. YUAN

• • • Penetration Capability of Shaped Charge Loaded with Different High-Energy Explosives

YU-XIANG NAN, JIAN-WEI JIANG, SHU-YOU WANG, JIAN-BING MEN and DONG-PING CHEN

• • • Deformation Response Characteristics of Thin Plates under Blast and Impact Loads

YONGXIANG DONG, QING SONG, ZHICHAO LU, BO WANG, FANG WANG and SHUNSHAN FENG

• • • Dynamic Fracture Behaviors of Transparent Materials under Detonation Loading

JOON HONG CHOI, HEON JOO LEE, CHANG HYUN LEE and DO KYUNG KIM

• • • Jet Interaction with High Explosive Flow

M. MAYSELESS and Z. ASAF

• • • Examination of DOP Test of Confined SIC Tiles

J. YUAN, R. LIU and G. E. B. TAN

• • • Effects of Cladding Ceramic and Its Influence on Ballistic

IAN G. CROUCH

• • • Effect of Warhead Shell Thickness on Fragments’ Formation and Penetration Performance

CHUN CHEN, WEIBING LI, XIAOMING WANG, WENBIN LI and HAITAO LU

• • • Numerical Exploration of the Terminal Effects of Multiple Penetrators Perforating Concrete

CHRISTOPHER S. MEYER

• • • A Computational Study of the ARL Glass Model and Its Predictions of Ballistic Penetration and Fracture Conoid Development

BRADY AYDELOTTE and BRIAN SCHUSTER

• • • Experimental Study of Energy Release Effect of PTFE Based Reactive Material Rod Striking at Spaced Plates

ZHONGHUA LU, DAOJIAN JIANG and PING TANG

• • • Investigation of Failure Mechanisms in Glass under Dynamic Loading Using High Speed X-Ray Phase Contrast Imaging

NIRANJAN D. PARAB, BENJAMIN J. CLAUS, MATTHEW C. HUDSPETH, JOHN T. BLACK, KAMEL FEZZAA and WEINONG W. CHEN

• • • Experimental Research on the Penetration of 80% W-Fiber/ZR-Based BMG Long Rods into Steel Target

XIAOWEI CHEN, JIE WANG, LIMING WEI JICHENG LI

• • • Shaped Charge Jet Perforation of Spaced Masonry Targets

BERNHARD RECK, RAINER HOLLINGER and PIERRE BAYER

• • • Calibration of Parameters for Concrete Targets Materials

NICOLAS ECHES and SOPHIE DELAROCHE

• • • On the Influence of Temperature and Yield Stress on the Depth of Penetration of Kinetic Energy Penetrators

NICOLAS ECHES

• • • An Improved Polyurea Model for Ballistic Impact Simulation

CHRISTOPHER T. KEY and JOSHUA E. GORFAIN

• • • Pre-Fragmented Rod Interaction with Plate Target

ANDREAS HEINE and MATTHIAS WICKERT

• • • Penetration of Sand by Pointy-Nosed Projectiles

WILLIAM J. FLIS

• • • Damage Visualization and Deformation Measurement in Glass Laminates during Projectile Penetration

ELMAR STRASSBURGER, STEFFEN BAUER and GREGOR POPKO

• • • The Effect of Coupon Dimensions on the Ballistic Resistance of Transparent Armor

ELI SAFRAI, ADILI ARMON, ZVIKA BAR, ITAY DYAMANT and ELDAD SHEMER

• • • Measuring the Terminal Effects Performance of EOD Disruptors

D. KIRKPATRICK, K. BRADLEY, D. NEWELL, R. POTTER and M. SLATER

• • • Estimate of Penetration/Perforation Performance Based on Semi-Infinite Penetration Data

CHARLES E. ANDERSON, JR. and JOHN P. RIEGEL III

• • • Target Effective Flow Stress (EFS) Calibrated Using the Walker-Anderson Penetration Model

JOHN P. RIEGEL III and CHARLES E. ANDERSON, JR.

• • • Fragment and Particle Size Distribution of Impacted Ceramic Tiles

E. P. CARTON, J. WEERHEIJM, C. DITZHUIJZEN and I. TUINMAN

• • • EFP Warheads against Explosive Reactive Armour

EWA LIDEN, JONAS LUNDGREN and MAGNUS BERGH

• • • Engineering Model for Impact of Blunt Projectiles on Metallic Sheets

G. ROEBROEKS and E. P. CARTON

• • • The Influence of Projectile Material on Mass Abrasion of High Velocity Penetrator

YU SHAN, FENG-LEI HUANG and HAI-JUN WU

• • • Experimental Study on Ballistic Characteristics of Fiber Reinforced Aerogel Composite Structures

HAI-JUN WU, DA-LONG LI, FENG-LEI HUANG and SHUANG ZHANG

• • • Modeling Dyneema and Spectra with Finite Elements by Bundling Fibers into Strips

SIDNEY CHOCRON, ARTHUR E. NICHOLLS, ALON BRILL, ALON MALKA, TAL NAMIR, DORON HAVAZELET, HARM VAN DER WERFF, ULRICH HEISSERER and JAMES D. WALKER

• • • Investigation of Impact Performance of Transparent Armor

CHARLES E. ANDERSON JR., CARL E. WEISS, ANDREW T. BARNES and RORY P. BIGGER

• • • Study on Cell Structure Liquid Composite Armour Subjected to Shaped Charge Jet Impact

XU-DONG ZU, ZHENG-XIANG HUANG, QIANG-QIANG XIAO, CHUAN-SHENG ZHU and JIAN-PING QIAN

• • • Accuracy of the Numerically Identified Material Parameter Set in Taylor Impact Test

M. LEE and Y.-H. YOO

• • • Assessment of a Layered Ceramic Armor Structure in Laboratory Tests against Compact Copper Projectiles

THILO BEHNER, ANDREAS HEINE and MATTHIAS WICKERT

• • • Static, Dynamic and Ballistic Properties of Bainite-Austenite Steel for Armours

JAROSLAW MARCISZ, WOJCIECH BURIAN, JERZY STEPIEN, LECH STARCZEWSKI, MALGORZATA WNUK and JACEK JANISZEWSKI

• • • Modeling of the Impact of a HEP/HESH Projectile on a Steel Armor Plate

ELIE TRUYEN, FREDERIK COGHE and LAURENT DESMARET

• • • Reaction Zone Distribution of Typical Metal/Fluoropolymer Reactive Materials

CHENGLONG WANG, GUANGYAN HUANG, YONGXIANG DONG and SHUNSHAN FENG

• • • A New Combined Particle-Element Method for Ballistics Computations Involving High-Velocity Impact

G. R. JOHNSON, S. R. BEISSEL, and C. A. GERLACH

• • • An Experimental and Computational Study Investigating the Ballistic Response of Seams Connecting Steel Targets

TIMOTHY J. HOLMQUIST and FREDERICK C. RICKERT

• • • Ballistic Performance of Al-Based Nanocomposites Developed by the Powder Metallurgy Route against Rods and Fragments

CHRISTOPHE KERISIT, SEBASTIEN LEMONNIER, ELODIE BARRAUD, EMMANUEL SORREL, CHRISTINA TERNER, FRANCOIS QUESNAY and BERNHARD RECK

• • • Support Plate Development for Multi-Hit Armor

JAY SAYRE, CHUCK POLLOCK and KARY VALENTINE

• • • Aiming at Quantifying the Deceleration of Shaped Charge Jet Particles in Air at Large Stand-Offs

PATRICK FRUEH and ANDREAS HEINE

• • • Kevlar Fabric Structures for Use in Seamless Ballistic Helmets

J. A. HANKS and H. R. KUHLMAN

• • • Ballistic Effect of Ball Ammunition on AA5059-H131 Aluminum Armor Plate

EVREN TAN, HUSEYIN OZTURK and CEMIL YILMAZ

• • • Signals Recorded with Nickel-Chromium Wires Embedded Kevlar Composite under Ballistic Impact

SIDNEY CHOCRON, ALEXANDER CARPENTER, LEV LEVIN, ZVIKA ASAF and JAMES WALKER

• • • Impact Simulations of Kevlar Composite at the Yarn Level

SIDNEY CHOCRON, ALEXANDER CARPENTER, ZVIKA ASAF and LEV LEVIN

VULNERABILITY AND SURVIVABILITY

• • • Development of a Skull-Brain Model for Ballistic Testing

DEBRA CARR, ANNE-CHRISTINE LINDSTROM, ANDREAS JAREBORG, STEPHEN CHAMPION, NEIL WADDELL, DAVID MILLER, MICHAEL TEAGLE, IAN HORSFALL and JULES KIESER

• • • Modeling of Behind Wall Debris Effects

HEINRICH DORSCH, ANDREAS DOERR, RAINER HOELLINGER and ALBRECHT BONGARTZ

• • • An AVAL Safety Distance Assessment of Jettisoned Missile Warheads: A Helicopter Platform Case Study

G. J. F. SMIT and C. J. TERBLANCHE

• • • Calculating Lethal Areas for Complex Targets Using AVAL

G. J. F. SMIT and C. J. TERBLANCHE

• • • Assessment of Skin Penetration of Kinetic Non-Lethal Projectiles Using the Surrogate Method

L. KOENE, M. L. VAN ESSEN, A. OUKARA and A. PAPY

• • • Mitigation of Blast Parameters with a Panel Assembly

GUY GETTLE, ANDREAS HOLZWARTH and GREGORY BROWER

• • • Bony Debris Ingress into Lungs Due to Gunshot

ALEX MABBOTT, DEBRA CARR, EOGHAN CALDWELL, DAVID MILLER and MIKE TEAGLE

• • • Development of Crash and Blast Analysis Post-Processor to Evaluate Simulations and Live Blast Test Results

HADAR RAZ, DMITRY NARODITSKY, MOSHE RAVID and NIMI SHAPIRA

• • • Survivability for Occupants of Different Weight and Size

MING CHENG, DOUG BUELEY, JEAN-PHILIPPE DIONNE, LOCK-SUI CHIN, NEIL WRIGHT and ARIS MAKRIS

• • • Testing and Analyses of Copolymer Fibers Based on 5-Amino-2-(P-Aminophenyl)-Benzimidazole

WALTER G. MCDONOUGH, JOY P. DUNKERS, AMANDA L. FORSTER, N. ALAN HECKERT, JAE H. KIM, SCOTT A. WIGHT and GALE A. HOLMES

• • • A Study of High Velocity Impact on a Layered Target of Different Angles by an Explosively Formed Projectile (EFP)

Y. SREENIVAS RAO, A. PADMAJA and YASHPAL SINGH

• • • The Damage Mechanism and Effects of Reactive Fragments

CHEN-ZHONG ZHAO, JIN CHEN, JUN PENG and YONG HE

• • • DRI Direct Measurement Device

AVI NEUGERGER, ILAN MEIRSON and RONY AIZENSTEIN

• • • TNT Hazard Response & Applicability to Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar

RICHARD TOWNSLEY and ANDREW WOOD

• • • On Ballistic Parameters of Less-Lethal Projectiles Influencing the Severity of Thoracic Blunt Impacts

JULIEN PAVIER, NICOLAS ECHES, ANDRE LANGLET, JEAN-FRANCOIS JACQUET and ANTHONY RIESEMANN

• • • Optimization of the Material Systems with Magneto-Rheological Fluids

ADAM WISNIEWSKI, DAWID PACEK, PAWEL ZOCHOWSKI, LUKASZ WIERZBICKI, JOANNA KOZLOWSKA, DOROTA ZIELINSKA, BOGUMILA DELCZYK-OLEJNICZAK, MARCIN H. STRUSZCZYK, MARCIN LEONOWICZ, GRAZYNA GRABOWSKA and KAROLINA OLSZEWSKA

• • • Optimization of the Material Systems with Shear-Thickening Fluids

ADAM WISNIEWSKI, DAWID PACEK, PAWEL ZOCHOWSKI, LUKASZ WIERZBICKI, JOANNA KOZLOWSKA, DOROTA ZIELINSKA, BOGUMILA DELCZYK-OLEJNICZAK, MARCIN H. STRUSZCZYK, MARCIN LEONOWICZ, GRAZYNA GRABOWSKA and KAROLINA OLSZEWSKA

• • • The Influence of Soil Conditions on the Blast Intensity for Sand, Clayey Sand and Gravel with Silt

ZVI ASSAF, EYLAM RAN, GUY GOLAN, ODED DRORI and ITZHAK KUCHUK KATALAN

• • • The Current GSRC Vulnerability Analysis Simulator Capability and New Component Failure Modeling Efforts

HIROTAKA TSUKADA, MASAYUKI SAKAMOTO and TOYOKI MATSUZAWA

• • • Dynamic Characterization of Kinetic Energy Non-Lethal Deformable Projectiles Using Experimental Stress-Strain Curves

NESTOR NSIAMPA, CYRIL ROBBE, ALEXANDRE PAPY and AMAR OUKARA

• • • Influence of Composite Architecture on Stress Transmittance in Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Composite Armor

LIONEL R. VARGAS-GONZALEZ and JAMES C. GURGANUS

• • • Reduction of Global Effects on Vehicles after IED Detonations

V. DENEFELD, N. HEIDER, A. HOLZWARTH, A. SATTLER and M. SALK

• • • On the Relevance of Blast Effect when Testing a Protective Solution against an EFP Threat

Y. QUIRION, B. BETTENCOURT, F. RONDOT, E. PETITPAS and K. THORAL PIERRE

• • • Insights into Evaluation Tools for Assessing Thoracic Behind-Armor Blunt Trauma Test Devices

KARIN A. RAFAELS, PATRICK J. GILLICH and NITIN M. MOHOLKAR

• • • Methods of Artillery Projectiles Protection from Access to Explosive—Possible Solutions

BOGDAN KRYSINSKI, RAFAL BAZELA and JACEK BORKOWSKI

• • • Numerical FE Modelling of Occupant Injury in Soil-Vehicle Blast Interaction

MICHAEL SALEH, RICHARD SMITH, DINESH SHANMUGAM and LYNDON EDWARDS

• • • Effect of Channel Geometry on Blast Overpressure Attenuation for a Large Caliber Cannon

R. A. CARSON and O. SAHNI

• • • Design Upgrade to the Plywood-Penetration Mannequin

AUTUMN KULAGA, TIMOTHY MYERS and PATRICK GILLICH

• • • Developing 95% Bounding Models for Impact and Blast Events

JAMES D. WALKER, DAVID S. RIHA, SIDNEY CHOCRON, JOHN M. MCFARLAND and GREGORY C. WILLDEN

• • • Numerical Optimization of a Novel Triple “V” Hull Design

MICHAEL FISHER, DONALD HALLIDAY, JOHN LEACH and NEIL FIFE

• • • Improved Damage Tolerance in Composite Armour through 3D Tufting

M. A. FRENCH

• • • Quantifying the Protective Capability of Body Armor Using M&S

NATALIE L. EBERIUS, LATRICE HALL and REBECCA L. VANAMBURG

• • • Evaluation of the Blast Mitigating Effects of Fluid Containers

HUON BORNSTEIN, PAUL PHILLIPS and CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON

• • • Ballistic Simulation of Loading and Injury Patterns Produced by a Blast Test and Evaluation of Contamination

RYAN PINTO, IAN HORSFALL and DAMARIS NICOL

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