Shaped charge jet interaction with Highly Effective Passive Sandwich Systems ‐ experiments and analysis

Abstract

The development and investigation of reactive sandwich targets and their interaction with shaped charge jets is one of the many research areas, where important contributions were made by Manfred Held. Such reactive sandwiches are known to be extremely effective against jets, but have a number of disadvantages. In this work, the interaction of the copper jet from a shaped charge calibre 136 mm with a double sandwich system, each sandwich consisting of a non‐reacting layer between outer steel plates, is investigated. In 10 experiments with identical geometrical setup, only the material of the non‐reacting layer is changed. Using flash X‐ray pictures, the interaction of the jet with the sandwich system is investigated. Evaluation of these pictures as well as the comparison of the measured residual penetrations behind the sandwich target clearly demonstrate the influence of the material of the inner sandwich layer. The deformation and movement of the steel plates, caused by the penetrating jet, can be seen in the X‐ray pictures. It is shown that it is possible to distort a shaped charge jet so that its penetration capability behind the target is reduced to a minimum. A fully three‐dimensional hydrocode simulation of the experiments enabled the jet/sandwich interaction and steel plate deformation and rupture to be studied in detail.

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