Two dimensional mesoscale simulations of projectile instability during penetration in dry sand J. Appl. Phys.Abstract. In this work a series of experiments were carried out in which right-circular cylinders were launched into sand targets at velocities ranging from 70 to 150 m/s. The projectiles were launched along a view window in order to record the penetration event with high-speed photography. Stress measurements of the transmitted wave forms were simultaneously collected from a piezoelectric load cells buried in the sand. A particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique, which extracted information from the photographic images, was used to resolve transmitted wave profiles. A two wave structure was observed. The first wave, a compaction wave, moves at the bulk sound speed of the sand. The second is an attached fracture wave which is stationary relative to the projectile. Together these experiments further our understanding of high-speed granular penetration events.
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