Quantification of fragmentation capture materials and an assessment of the viability of economical alternatives : a preliminary study

High pressure, high-temperature events need to be quantified experimentally. Where fragmentation occurs, i.e. against personal protective equipment, there is a requirement for both a reliable and repeatable measurement of numerous experimental metrics. Typically, the most critical is calculating the energy absorbed by the target material, to characterize target performance. This is achieved by detonating a device and capturing a proportion of the fragmentation in a suitable material that can achieve successful recovery of all fragmentation produced. Therefore, allowing the estimation of the target's response using the depth of penetration within the capture material which allows the calculation of energy absorption. The current standardized fragmentation capture material used within the UK is known as strawboard. Although effective, this material is both expensive and limited in its availability. This study explores the classification of strawboard to provide a suitable baseline to compare against medium density fibreboard (MDF) and flooring underlay, which represent two more economically friendly alternatives on the openmarket. It was found that the uniformity of response for the MDF material was better than that of strawboard, due to its reproducibility between batches and velocity ranges. To further explore this phenomena, high explosive trials were conducted, further demonstrating MDF to be a viable, reliable and cheaper alternative. This article is part of the theme issue 'Exploring the length scales, timescales and chemistry of challenging materials (Part 2)'.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:381

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Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences - 381(2023), 2259 vom: 30. Okt., Seite 20220348

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Read, James [VerfasserIn]
Ritchie, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Bloodworth-Race, Susie [VerfasserIn]
Thawani, Bonny [VerfasserIn]
Critchley, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Hazael, Rachael [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ballistic
Explosive
Journal Article
MDF
Strawboard
Trials and testing
Underlay

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Date Revised 11.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1098/rsta.2022.0348

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361889399