An experimental-numerical study on the effects of cased ammunition explosions on RC structures
conference paper
This paper deals with the effect of an internal explosion of cased ammunition in RC magazine structures. By means of a numerical approach, the main differences between the effect of a bare and cased charge are illustrated. A bottom-up strategy has been implemented which is based on modeling the single fragment impact, and enables to compute a complete structure. The simulations confirm the fact that the cased charge has a more destructive and localized effect than the bare charge. The study shows that the numerical erosion has a small overall effect on the response. The numerical results are compared with preliminary test results.
TNO Identifier
90123
Source title
13th International Symposium on Interaction of the Effects of Munitions with Structures, Brühl, Germany, 11-15 May 2009
Pages
8
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