Ballistic limit of aluminium tank: An experimental study

Author

Aziz, M.R. ; Kuntjoro, W. ; David, N.V.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Mech. Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA Pulau Pinang, Permatang Pauh, Malaysia

fYear

2014

Firstpage

164

Lastpage

168

Abstract

This paper presents the details of experimental set-up to determine the ballistic limit for the aluminium tank for two cases, empty and water-filled tank. The experiment was carried out at Science and Technology Research Institute for Defense (STRIDE) Batu Arang. The aluminum tank was 3 mm thick, 150 mm wide and 750 mm long. At the end of the tank were closed with two Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) windows. Silicone was used to seal the contact between the end of the tank and PMMA. Four steel bars used to fix the windows to the tank. Fragment simulating projectile (FSP) was used to the impact the aluminium tank. The velocity varied from 239 m/s to 972 m/s. Among results obtained were ballistic limit for the front and rear of the tank, correlation between impact velocity versus residual velocity, damage area, wall deflection, velocity drop and terminal ballistic for empty and water-filled tank.

Keywords

aluminium; ballistics; impact (mechanical); polymers; projectiles; tanks (containers); STRIDE Batu Arang; Science and Technology Research Institute for Defense; aluminium tank; ballistic limit; empty tank; fragment simulating projectiles; impact velocity; polymethyl methacrylate windows; residual velocity; seal; silicone; steel bars; water-filled tank; Aluminum; Correlation; Materials; Projectiles; Sensors; Standards; Steel; ballistic limit; fragment simulating projectile (FSP); gas gun; high velocity impact (HVI);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control System, Computing and Engineering (ICCSCE), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5685-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSCE.2014.7072708

Filename

7072708