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In this paper, the effects of the use of various aluminium materials as liner material in shaped charges for the perforation of concrete slabs are examined with numerical simulations. Using AUTODYN-2D software, formation of the shaped charge jets for seven different aluminium materials are modelled first and then these jets are directed to 35 MPa compressive strength concrete slabs. Those analyses are performed for a constant liner thickness which corresponds to 8% of the shaped charge diameter. Furthermore, the effect of standoff on the penetration of concrete slabs is examined by using shaped charges with the same geometry and liner material (7075-T6). The cone angle of the shaped charge is taken as 100°.

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aluminium AUTODYN concrete penetration shaped charge

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Simulations on concrete penetration of shaped charges

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