Simulation Study on Hypervelocity Penetration of Lab Scaled Shape Charge Mechanism

Khairul H Kamarudin; Ahmad Mujahid Ahmad Zaidi; Ahmad Humaizi Hilmi; Mohamad Faizal Abdullah; Norazman M. Nor; Ariffin Ismail; Mohammed Alias Yusof; S. Rasool Mohideen

doi:10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2022.54.6.13

Authors

Khairul H Kamarudin Faculty of Engineering, National Defence University of Malaysia, Sg. Besi Camp 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ahmad Mujahid Ahmad Zaidi Faculty of Engineering, National Defence University of Malaysia, Sg. Besi Camp 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ahmad Humaizi Hilmi School of Manufacturing Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kubang Gajah Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
Mohamad Faizal Abdullah Faculty of Engineering, National Defence University of Malaysia, Sg. Besi Camp 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Norazman M. Nor Faculty of Engineering, National Defence University of Malaysia, Sg. Besi Camp 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ariffin Ismail Faculty of Engineering, National Defence University of Malaysia, Sg. Besi Camp 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mohammed Alias Yusof Faculty of Engineering, National Defence University of Malaysia, Sg. Besi Camp 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
S. Rasool Mohideen School of Mechanical Sciences, B.S.Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology, Chennai, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5614/j.eng.technol.sci.2022.54.6.13

Keywords:

2D Autodyn, defence technology, hypervelocity penetration, shaped charge, shaped charge mechanism

Abstract

Shaped charge (SC) is a mechanism used by defence industries as anti-armored weapon to penetrate armored plates. Numerous studies have been conducted on the shaped charged effects. However, experimental studies are limited due to great safety requirement and limited access to high grade explosive. Due to these limitations, an experimental study on a small-scale shaped charge mechanism (SCM) penetration blast test was conducted against five (5) types of target materials. The experimental data is then verified by simulation to proof that it can be used to predict the SC penetration data. This paper intent to present a comparative study on the effect of shaped charge blast conducted by simulation with the actual experimental results. In order to conduct this study, a 2D AUTODYN software were used to develop the SC blast model against five (5) types of target materials. This study concludes that the 2D AUTODYN simulations results can predict the hypervelocity penetration for all target materials compared to the experimental test with an average difference of 9.1 %.

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