INVESTIGATION OF THE BULLET IMPACT ENERGY PERFORMANCE ACCORDING TO VARIABLE TIP GEOMETRY

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 10 - 15, 30.06.2020

Murat Subaşı Mehmet Hanifi Doğru , Eyüp Yeter , Necip Fazıl Yılmaz

Abstract

Penetration is the most critical concept in ballistic studies. Penetration is defined as the ability to penetrate the target. Penetrator tip geometry and velocity are the most important factors in terms of the penetration. There are many limitations in increasing the velocity of the penetrator. Therefore, projectile geometry can be studied in this field. So, in this study, six different tip geometry of bullet are investigated in terms of the ballistic impact performance. Numerical simulations are performed in ANSYS program, which is the finite element program. Explicit dynamics toolbox is used to perform the numerical study. Six different tip geometry of bullet was modeled in 3D modeling program. The geometries are transferred to the ANSY workbench program. Initial velocity is accepted as 300 m/s for all conditions. Within this study, the impact energy performance of six different bullet tip geometry was obtained. In addition, stress and deformation results on the target were also compared.

Keywords

Bullet, Impact performance, Nose geometry, Numerical analyses

Supporting Institution

Gaziantep Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Yönetim Birimi

Project Number

HUBF.YLT.19.03

Thanks

We would like to express my deepest appreciation to organizing committee of TICMET19 in the selection of my study which was presented in the conference organized on 10-12 October, 2019 in Gaziantep University

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