Experimental study on expansion characteristics of debris clouds produced by oblique hypervelocity impact of LY12 aluminum projectiles with thin LY12 aluminum plates

Tests of hypervelocity projectile impacts to a double-wall structure made of LY12 aluminum were performed using a two-stage light gas gun. In the bumper plate hole analysis, empirical equations that relate hole dimensions to impact parameters such as velocity, angle of obliquity and bumper plate thickness are obtained. The laser shadowgraphs in order to get the expansion of debris clouds were taken and the characteristic parameters obtained. The damage effects of the back wall varying with impact parameters were studied. The expansion of debris clouds was determined. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.