Ballistic limit of an impedance-graded-material enhanced Whipple shield
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摘要: 为研究一种改进型的波阻抗梯度材料防护结构Ti/Al/Mg结构的撞击极限,采 用 二 级 轻 气 炮 以3.0~8.0 km/s的速度对Ti/Al/Mg结构、Al/Mg结构和2A12结构开展了超高速撞击实验,建立了Ti/Al/Mg结构的撞击极限曲线。结果表明:高阻抗的钛合金表层能产生更高的冲击压力和温升,使弹丸充分破碎;在面密度相同的条件下,与Al/Mg结构和2A12结构相比,Ti/Al/Mg结构具有更强的防护性能。通过理论计算得到Ti/Al/Mg结构撞击极限曲线的区间转变速度小于7.0 km/s,但其实验撞击极限曲线上并未出现明显的区间转变,在实验速度范围内,撞击极限随着撞击速度的提升而增大,这与典型Whipple结构撞击极限曲线存在差异。
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关键词:
- 超高速撞击 /
- Whipple 结构 /
- 阻抗梯度材料 /
- 撞击极限 /
- 空间碎片
Abstract: Impedance-graded-material enhanced Whipple shields have excellent protective performance. The purpose of this paper is to study the ballistic limit of Ti/Al/Mg shields, which is an improved impedance-graded-material enhanced Whipple shield. Hypervelocity impact experiments on Ti/Al/Mg, Al/Mg and 2A12 shields were performed using a two-stage light-gas gun at impact velocities of 3.0–8.0 km/s. The hypervelocity impact characteristics, the ballistic limit curve and shielding performance of the Ti/Al/Mg shields were studied. The reason of its excellent performance is explained by comparative analysis. As the impact velocity increases, the failure mode of the rear wall showed a detached spall or tearing damage instead of tiny perforations similar to an aluminum shield. The results show that a high-acoustic-impedance titanium alloy layer can generate higher shock pressures and induce a greater temperature increase, which is more effective for fragmenting an impacting projectile. The shock pressure and specific internal energy in the projectile increased by 23.0% and 30.7% compared to the aluminum on aluminum impact event at 8.0 km/s, respectively. The shielding capability of a Ti/Al/Mg shield is significantly greater than that of 2A12 and Al/Mg shields when the bumper has the same areal density. The critical projectile diameter of Ti/Al/Mg shields is 6.58 mm at ~8.0 km/s, which is an improvement of approximately 34.8 % compared to the 4.88 mm of aluminum shields. Finally, to explore the transition velocities of the ballistic limit curve of the Ti/Al/Mg shields, a theoretical analysis was conducted, which suggests that for an aluminum projectile impacting a Ti/Al/Mg bumper, this value might be <7.0 km/s. However, a transition point is not apparent in the experimental ballistic limit curve, and the critical projectile diameter increases with increasing velocity in the range of 3.0–8.0 km/s. It is different from the typical Whipple shield. Further hypervelocity impact tests and additional research needs to be conducted to study in detail the ballistic limit of the Ti/Al/Mg shields.-
Key words:
- hypervelocity impact /
- Whipple shield /
- impedance-graded material /
- ballistic limit /
- space debris
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表 1 超高速撞击实验参数与结果
Table 1. Hypervelocity impact test conditions and results
实验 结构类型 撞击速度/(km·s−1) 弹丸直径/mm 失效状态 实验 结构类型 撞击速度/(km·s−1) 弹丸直径/mm 失效状态 1-1 Ti/Al/Mg 3.512 3.99 未失效 2-1 2A12 3.596 3.50 未失效 1-2 Ti/Al/Mg 3.440 4.25 未失效 2-2 2A12 3.440 3.75 失效 1-3 Ti/Al/Mg 3.473 4.51 失效 2-3 2A12 3.480 4.02 失效 1-4 Ti/Al/Mg 5.051 4.74 未失效 2-4 2A12 6.518 4.50 未失效 1-5 Ti/Al/Mg 4.951 4.99 未失效 2-5 2A12 6.296 4.74 临界 1-6 Ti/Al/Mg 4.827 5.25 失效 2-6 2A12 6.442 5.01 失效 1-7 Ti/Al/Mg 6.227 5.77 未失效 2-7 2A12 7.170 5.00 失效 1-8 Ti/Al/Mg 6.400 6.00 未失效 2-8 2A12 7.930 4.75 未失效 1-9 Ti/Al/Mg 6.412 6.27 失效 2-9 2A12 7.900 5.00 失效 1-10 Ti/Al/Mg 7.011 6.00 未失效 3-1 2A12 3.540 4.25 失效 1-11 Ti/Al/Mg 7.181 6.25 失效 3-2 Al/Mg 3.476 4.24 临界 1-12 Ti/Al/Mg 7.907 6.25 未失效 3-3 2A12 6.079 5.73 失效 1-13 Ti/Al/Mg 7.920 6.50 失效 3-4 Al/Mg 6.332 5.74 失效 1-14 Ti/Al/Mg 8.037 6.75 失效 -
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