APPLICATION STUDY ON A NEW TYPE SHAPED CHARGE WARHEAD

A new type shaped charge warhead was put forward based on theenergy concepts and its penetration capability was studied. Then themolding process and the penetration mechanism were discussed withrespect to the shaped charge jet and the projectile produced by the newtype shapedcharge warhead. Based on the above analysis, the static steel targetexperiments were systematically carried out based on the new type shaped chargewarhead in order to find the influence of the key configuration parametersand the match between the small angle liner material and the large angleliner material on the penetration results. The experiment resultsrevealedthat at the optimal stand offs of the new type shaped charge warhead andthe EFP, the penetration capability of the new type shaped charge warheadcould achieve an increase of about 50\% from the penetration capability of theEFP with a comparative diameter of their craters under the same charge andcasing conditions.