Finite element analysis of armor piercing bullet penetrating aluminum plate

Armor piercing bullet penetrating an aluminum plate from an intial angle of 60 degrees. Only half the bullet and plate is shown.

This simulation was done as part of a scientific study to validate our numerical code, IMPETUS Afea Solver. Experiment were done in a lab and compared with the numerical simulations, with very good correspondence. At an initial angle of 60 degrees, the bullet behaved like in the video.

Reference:
T. Børvik, L. Olovsson, S. Dey, M. Langseth:
Normal and oblique impact of small arms bullets on AA6082-T4 aluminium protective plates. International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol 38/7, pp. 577-589 (2011)

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