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Novel Methods to Measure Penetrator Dynamics in Multi-Layer Geometries

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Contract: HDTRA2-09-C-0001
Agency Tracking Number: T071-011-0078
Amount: $749,894.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: DTRA07-011
Solicitation Number: 2007.1
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2007
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-10-02
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-10-01
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Principal Investigator
 David Vaughan
 Principal
 (650) 230-0331
 vaughan@wai.com
Business Contact
 Howard Levine
Title: Principal
Phone: (650) 230-0210
Email: levine@wai.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

In Phase I of this effort we analyzed the structural response of a BLU 109 during typical penetration events. Based on these finite element results, we proposed and demsonstrated a simple robust concept for a passive penetrator sensor that identifies the material being penetrated and also correlates strongly with its underground trajectory. Such a sensor would obviously provide valuable information to be used for fuzing and for assessing whether or not the weapon reached its target. In Phase II, we propose to refine and validate this concept with a combination of numerical simulations and scaled field tests. We also propose to measure the high frequency ( 1 MHz) acoustic environment during the field tests. Quantifying this environment is required to evaluate the potential for active acoustic sensors which were also explored in Phase I. Finally, we will integrate the RKPM meshless method for simulating target materials with the NLFlex finite element code for the penetrator to perform high accuracy analyses of penetration events.

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