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The dynamic behaviour of ballistic soap

Shepherd, C.J., Wilgeroth, J.M., Appleby-Thomas, G.J., Hazell, P.J., Allsop, D.F. (2010) The dynamic behaviour of ballistic soap. In: Chmielewski, Ryszard and Kruszka, Leopold, eds. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Impact Engineering. . pp. 587-599. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:45122)

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Abstract

Ballistic soap is used as a simulant to observe the effect of a projectile penetrating soft tissue; consequently information on its behaviour at high strain-rates is desirable. The Hugoniot equation-of-state for soap has been determined using the plate-impact technique at impact velocities of 81-967 m/s. The US-uP Hugoniot was linear, taking the form US = 1.99 + 2.04uP (?0 = 1.107 g/cc). In P-uP space the Hugoniot was observed to trend substantially above the predicted hydrodynamic response for Hugoniot stresses greater than 1.2 GPa, indicative of material strengthening. The lateral-stress response of soap was interrogated using embedded lateral manganin stress gauges. Gradients observed behind the shock for ?x > 1 GPa appeared to suggest continuation of the previously observed strengthening mechanism. It is proposed at higher values of ?x, increased compression of hydrocarbon chains acts to increase the materials resistance to shear, a phenomenon known as steric hindrance.

Item Type: Conference or workshop item (Proceeding)
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > TA401 Materials engineering and construction
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Chris Shepherd
Date Deposited: 20 Nov 2014 21:32 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:18 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/45122 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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