• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.65-72
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• 2003

Composite sabot can increase the penetration performance of APFSDS projectile by reduction of the sabot weight. However, it has a thick-sectioned lamination and the lamination structure is different from those of the conventional composite parts. In this study, modeling technique for a thick and radially-laminated composite part has been applied in the finite element analysis of composite sabot. Four models of composite lamination for the sabot have been proposed and evaluated for their structural strength.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.63-72
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• 2003

This paper deals with the analysis of composite sabot of APFSDS projectile. Unlike conventional composite parts, the sabot is composed of thick-sectioned lamination, and thus requires 3-dimensional properties in the analysis. In this study, a model was formulated to calculate the equivalent composites properties. The equivalent properties were then used in the finite element analysis and the results were compared with those by the full 3-dimensional analysis with ply-by-ply modeling. The results generally agreed with each other in the bound of 20% error, indicating that the formulated model produced the equivalent properties with reasonable accuracy. It was thought to be an efficient approach to use the model in global analysis and then perform the full 3-dimensional analysis in regions of interest for detailed evaluation in designing the composite sabot structure.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.88-94
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• 2006

In order to substitute current aluminum sabot and to increase the penetration performance of the kinetic energy projectiles, the research and development program for composites sabot has been conducted. For carbon/epoxy composites sabot, unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced epoxy prepreg was chosen and thick sectioned composites preforms with the different fiber angles along the circumferential direction of sabot were prepared by compression molding under the careful processing conditions at $150^{\circ}C$ for 1hour with $70kgf/cm^2$ curing pressure. The composites sabot demonstrated a weight reduction by approximately 30% than that of current aluminum sabot. The muzzle velocity of a kinetic energy projectile with composites sabot was measured to be about 63m/s higher than that with aluminum sabot. These results imply that the penetration performance is expected to be considerably increased when the composite sabot is applied to the kinetic energy projectiles.

• Composites Research
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.15-20
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• 2004

It is a primary object of the present study to test and evaluate the shear load carrying capability of a carbon fiber reinforced thermoses composite structure with buttress grooves for military applications. The buttress form of groove is an effective structure in any applications where high shear loads are transferred in one direction between structural components. Inverse ballistics methodology was introduced to investigate the high strain rate properties of composite groove specimens. In comparison with the conventional methods, inverse ballistics technique is a proper one under dynamic environment.