In guided munitions, the shaped charge jet (SCJ) warhead is located behind the simulation compartment (including the control cabin, the steering gear cabin, and the guidance cabin). Therefore, the order of penetration of the SCJ is the simulation cabin and the target. To study the penetration performance of the SCJ to the target plate, the numerical simulation method is used to study the penetration performance of the designed warhead for the steel target at different standoffs, and the depth of penetration (DOP) at the best standoff is obtained, that is, the DOP of the steel target is about 128 mm. Additionally, the penetration performance of the SCJ warhead to target is studied by numerical simulation and experimental verification. Numerical simulation and experimental results show that the DOP of the SCJ warhead to the steel target is 50 mm without the simulation cabin, and about 30 mm with the simulation cabin. The results show that the penetration performance of SCJ is greatly weakened under the condition of non-optimal standoff, but the rear shaped charge warhead still has a strong penetration performance after completing the penetration of the simulated cabin.
To study the influence of different initiation modes on the forming characteristics of the MEFP warhead, numerical simulations were carried out on three types of initiation modes. The numerical simulation results showed that the number of EFPs was the least by double-column multipoint synchronous initiation, the number of EFPs was the largest by the central single-point (multipoint) initiation, and single-column single-point (multipoint synchronous) detonation forms the number of EFPs between central single-point (multipoint synchronous) detonation and double-column multipoint synchronous detonation. For the MEFP warhead of a small-caliber grenade, whether it is center detonation or eccentric detonation, the EFP velocity of multipoint detonation is higher than that of the single-point detonation, the velocity of double-column multipoint eccentric synchronous detonation is 2%–9% higher than that of the single-column single-point (multipoint eccentric synchronous) detonation, the velocity of double-column multipoint eccentric synchronous detonation is 10%–17% higher than that of the central single-point (multipoint synchronous) detonation, and the velocity of single-column single-point (multipoint eccentric synchronous) detonation is 5%–17% higher than that of the central single-point (multipoint synchronous) detonation. Research results show that although the number of EFPs is reduced during eccentric single-point (multipoint simultaneous) detonation of MEFP warheads, a higher velocity can be obtained.
To study the forming characteristics of the multiple explosively formed projectile (MEFP) warhead of the small-caliber grenade with the integrated design of the liner and shell, the liner thickness is less than the shell thickness as the research object, and LS-DYNA is used for numerical simulation. On this basis, the influence of the curvature radius and the center thickness of the liner on the forming results of the projectile is further studied, and the integrated design of the MEFP forming result and the separate design were compared and analyzed. The simulation results show that, when the liner thickness structure is smaller than the shell thickness, the projectile shape is better. The shape of MEFP with the integral design is better than the separate design, and the forming velocity of the integral design is slightly lower than the separate design with the curvature radius increase of the outer and inner wall. When the liner curvature radius is fixed, the shape of MEFP with the integral design is better than the separate design, and the forming velocity of MEFP with the integral design is slightly less than the separate design with the liner center thickness increase. The results show that the forming characteristics of circumferential MEFP of integrated design and separate design have a certain similarity. The shape of MEFP with the integrated design is better than that with separate design, however, the forming velocity of MEFP with the integrated design is slightly lower than that with separate design.
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