Experimental Study on A New Model Shaped Charge Warhead

This paper presents a new model of shaped charge warhead from the energy consideration. The projectile forming process and the penetration mechanism of the shaped charge device is analysed. Based on the above analysis, the static penetration tests were systematically conducted in order to find the influence of the key configuration parameters (such as the aperture diameter, stand offs, the bottom diameter of small angle liner and the angle of the liner) and the match between the penetration results for the small angle liner material and these for the large angle liner material. It is shown that at the optimal stand offs, the penetration capability of the new device are about 50% higher than that of the ordinary explosively formed projectile with the comparative diameter of their craters under the same charge and casing conditions. Finally the new model shaped charge warhead deepens the connotation of shaped charge effects and enriches the means to defeat armored targets.