MWB/LB-43 : Terminal Ballistics

* Kinetic Energy (KE) Projectiles
* Shaped Charge (SC) Projectiles & Warhead Design
* Explosively Formed Penetrators (EFP) Projectiles
* Armor & Behind Armor Damage (BAD) And Effects
* Kinetic Energy (KE) & Shaped Charge (SC) Material Properties
* Definitions Of Perforation & Penetration
* Definitions Of Ballistic Limits; Obliquities
* Reactive Armor; Passive Armors
* Behind Armor Damage
* Metallurgy Of Penetrators (KE & SC) And Armors
* Analytical Modeling Of SC & KE Penetrators
* Long Rod Penetrators: Up To Length/Diameter Of 36
* Comparison Of Models: With Experimental Data
* Sabot Launched Armor Piercing (SLAP) Projectiles
* Armor Piercing Projectiles: Full Bore And Saboted
* Large Cal And Small Cal Penetrator: Designs & Performance
* Tungsten And Uranium Alloys Comparison: KE & SC Penetrators
* Aluminum, NATO, Spaced Targets & Target Arrays
* Rolled Homogenous & Ceramic Composite Armors
* Ordnance Velocities: 1 Km/S To 2 Km/S
* High And Hypervelocities: Above 2 Km/S To 12 Km/S
* Computer Programs And Prediction Techniques To Determine Armor Penetrating Performance Capabilities: For KE & SC Penetrators
* Comparison Of Computer Models With Experimental Data
* Vulnerability Methodology & Analysis: Applications

OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE


This course will cover the Terminal Ballistics of Kinetic Energy (KE) and 
Shaped Charge (SC) Penetrators and their interaction before, at, and beyond a 
given target array. KE penetrators for both Small and Large caliber systems 
will be discussed at all velocity levels for rolled homogeneous steel, 
aluminum and ceramic composites at various target obliquities. The material 
properties of KE, SC penetrators, and armors will be emphasized; explosively 
formed penetrators will also be covered. Analytical modeling of KE and SC 
projectiles, will be shown, along with projectile-plate interaction for long 
rods, and comparison and correlation of models with experimental data. 
Emphasis will be placed on the practical, experimental, and theoretical, in 
that order. Equations will only be used to explain a concept.
This seminar is UNCLASSIFIED; classified information WILL NOT be discussed, 
at any time; the authorŐs topics and course notes will not include sensitive 
material.