Sabot Front Borerider Stiffness vs. Dispersion: Finding the Knee in the Curve
In the design of armor piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding sabot projectiles, the radial stiffness of the sabot front borerider has a significant impact on the projectile's dispersion and is, therefore, an important design consideration. Whether designing a new projectile or trying to improve...
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| description | In the design of armor piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding sabot projectiles, the radial stiffness of the sabot front borerider has a significant impact on the projectile's dispersion and is, therefore, an important design consideration. Whether designing a new projectile or trying to improve an existing design, projectile designers can achieve front borerider stiffness without understanding its affect on dispersion characteristics. There is a knee in the stiffness vs. dispersion curve at which a change in the sabot front borerider stiffness will have a significant impact on dispersion or no impact at all depending on whether the stiffness is increased or decreased. The subject of this paper is an analytical approach to quantitatively determine the knee in the curve. Results from using this approach on the M865 APFSDS projectile are also presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d9c0f2ee6e5249fa91a6e82bfcd68b482025-02-03T06:12:56ZengWileyShock and Vibration1070-96221875-92032001-01-0183-419320110.1155/2001/296752Sabot Front Borerider Stiffness vs. Dispersion: Finding the Knee in the CurveAlan F. Hathaway0John R. Burnett Jr.1Arrow Tech Associates, 1233 Shelburne Road, Suite D8, Pierson House, South Burlington, Vermont 05403, USAArrow Tech Associates, 1233 Shelburne Road, Suite D8, Pierson House, South Burlington, Vermont 05403, USAIn the design of armor piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding sabot projectiles, the radial stiffness of the sabot front borerider has a significant impact on the projectile's dispersion and is, therefore, an important design consideration. Whether designing a new projectile or trying to improve an existing design, projectile designers can achieve front borerider stiffness without understanding its affect on dispersion characteristics. There is a knee in the stiffness vs. dispersion curve at which a change in the sabot front borerider stiffness will have a significant impact on dispersion or no impact at all depending on whether the stiffness is increased or decreased. The subject of this paper is an analytical approach to quantitatively determine the knee in the curve. Results from using this approach on the M865 APFSDS projectile are also presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/296752 |
| spellingShingle | Alan F. Hathaway John R. Burnett Jr. Sabot Front Borerider Stiffness vs. Dispersion: Finding the Knee in the Curve Shock and Vibration |
| title | Sabot Front Borerider Stiffness vs. Dispersion: Finding the Knee in the Curve |
| title_full | Sabot Front Borerider Stiffness vs. Dispersion: Finding the Knee in the Curve |
| title_fullStr | Sabot Front Borerider Stiffness vs. Dispersion: Finding the Knee in the Curve |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sabot Front Borerider Stiffness vs. Dispersion: Finding the Knee in the Curve |
| title_short | Sabot Front Borerider Stiffness vs. Dispersion: Finding the Knee in the Curve |
| title_sort | sabot front borerider stiffness vs dispersion finding the knee in the curve |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/296752 |
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