SHOT IMPACT ON A STEEL TARGET PLATE - EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL-ANALYSIS

This paper gives a full analysis of the local failure of a steel targe t plate subjected to shot impact by using three-dimensional dynamic fi nite element analyses in which provision is made for the simulation of impact loads, plasticity and cracking of the steel target. An assessm ent is made fbr perforation. Three computer programmes, NONSAP, MARC a nd OBAID, have been used for comparison. The analytical results compar e well with those available from a model test.