An Experimental Study on Ballistic Limit of Aluminum Plate Subjected to Fragment-Simulating Projectile

Abstract

The ballistic limit of the aluminum plate was investigated in this study. There were two conditions of plate which were single and double plate. The double plates were categorized into two sections which were separated 100 mm to each other. The first category had nothing in between two plates, but for the second category, there was fluid in between plates. Those plates were impacted by the fragment-simulating projectile (FSP) at various velocities. The velocity of the FSP was varied by changing the charge weight inside the bullet’s jacket. The experiment was conducted at Science Technology Research Institute for Defence (STRIDE), Batu Arang, Selangor. As far as the result was concerned, the ballistic limit was observed to be greatly affected by the arrangement of the plate.