Notes on Projectile Impact Analyses

This book presents comprehensive experimental, numerical, and theoretical research on projectile impact analysis, such as the rigid projectile penetration/perforation of concrete and metallic targets, and shaped-charge-formed projectile and jet penetrations. Concrete and metal materials are widely used in protective structures in both civil engineering and armored vehicles, such as military fortifications, underground shelters, infantry fighting vehicles, and tanks, which are designed to withstand intentional or accidental impact loadings caused by projectiles and fragments, and the responses of these targets under projectile impact have been a topic of discussion for several decades. Written for researchers and engineers working in the fields of protective structures and high-speed penetration mechanics, the book is also a valuable reference for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students majoring in defense engineering, terminal ballistics and other related fields.

Dr. Hao WU is a Professor and Director of the Research Office of Structures Subjected to Impact and Blast, Research Institute of Structural Engineering and Disaster Reduction, College of Civil Engineering at Tongji University, Shanghai. He is also a member of the International Association of Protective Structures. Prof. Wu has pursued research on basic theory and engineering applications in impact/blast resistant materials and structures, including the penetration and blast effects of earth penetration weapons on military fortifications and protecting civil engineering structures against accidental impact and explosion. He has published more than 90 academic papers, including 37 indexed by SCI. He has received the second prize of the National Science & Technology Progress Award, and the first prize of the Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, and is four-time winner of the second prize of the Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. He is the chairman of the 4th International Workshop on Damage and Failure of Engineering Materials and Structures Subjected to Intense Dynamic Loadings.

Mr. Yong PENG is a lecturer at the Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, China. He is currently a Ph.D. student.

Mr. Xiangzhen KONG is a lecturer at the Army Engineering University of PLA, Nanjing, China. He is currently a Ph.D. student.