Experimental and Theoretical Research into Dynamic Loading of Tungsten Porous Alloy with Reinforcing Agent

Abstract

The paper studies the behavior of ceramic porous tungsten alloy with reinforcing agents under the shock-wave loading conditions. Penetrating capacity of tungsten kinetic energy projectiles is calculated and experimentally investigated during their high-speed impacts on steel plates. It is shown that the increased penetration depth of tungsten projectiles exceeds that of the prototype with relevant weight and size, made of tungsten-nickel-iron cast alloy. A mathematical model is developed together with the design technique of the behavior of tungstennickel-iron-cobalt metal foams alloyed with boron carbide, tungsten titanium carbide and tungsten carbide during the high-speed impact interaction. The composite ceramic material is described here as a porous medium. The matrix of this medium is a homogeneous two-phase mixture of the tungsten-nickel-iron-cobalt system and reinforcing agents added in the required proportions.