TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1979//
TI  - Break-up behaviour of some small calibre projectiles when penetrating a dense medium
JO  - Acta chirurgica Scandinavica Supplementum
A1  - Nordstrand, I.
A1  - Janzon, B.
A1  - Rybeck, B.
SP  - 81
EP  - 90
VL  - 489
IS  - 
N2  - A study of the break-up patterns of two types of standard ball small calibre bullets fired from a range of 100 meters against targets made of soft soap was performed. A flash X-ray set-up was used to study the behaviour of the bullets while penetrating the soap. A simplified calculation of the stresses affecting the bullets was performed. It turns out that one predominant factor in the break-up process is the tumbling of the projectile. The longitudinal rotation velocity of the bullets is often so great that this is sufficient to cause-centrifugal stresses of high enough magnitude to cause rupture of the bullet lead core. This in combination with the high retardation forces acting on a bullet penetrating a dense medium at large angles of yaw is sufficient to cause an almost inevitable break-up for fast-tumbling bullets.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0301-1860
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -