Shaped Charge Liner Angle comparison | Shaped Charge In 4K Resolution | Explosive-Impact Simulation

*Note the Shaped charges do not contain the same amount of explosives*

This simulation was created to analyze and understand the effects of of the angle of the liner cone. I was expecting more difference in the jet between the 3 than shown here, but perhaps there are other factors that play into the result that ive gotten here. Future testing will help narrow down what exactly is going on

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[antaresmc]

Mentioning the amount of explosive and liner in each would be really nice to properly draw conclussions, as well as having targets that arent fully penetrated ;)
Also for suggestions that could be tested: wave shapers, they should help specially the lower angle charges, and wider ones benefit from a bit of curvature to create a better slug (getting into EFP territory with that, but why make a wide cone if you want a quick jet?), different ignitions, more or less explosive with different liners, etc

[FinnisJaeger]

If the angle becomes high enough becomes EFP.

[intellectualiconoclasm]

I'd LOVE to see this recreated for a variety of detonation velocities. The major driver of cone shape is detonation velocity. To my admittedly low knowledge on thensubject, mass of charge behind the cone also has an effect. As well as the strength of the vessel. How much of the wave blows out verses is reflected back and so on. Explosive lenses would be cool too.

[tankbuilder]

Can you try different liner thicknesses?

[smackzackback]

Maybe you could prototype a charge that uses a sort of two staged detonation where one part is used to accelerate an already powerful blast. Doubt it would work better than anything we already have, but it would probably look cool in the simulation.

[shanekhiu]

Yeah more RHA next test so we can see the maximum penetration depth of each shape.
Another good idea is using the winning shape but comparing different explosives or liners, keeping the shape the same as a control.

[jacobkudrowich]

You should try this same test with optimum standoff distance for each liner angle

[cHAOs]

Doesn't the optimal angle change based on the detonation velocity?

[phdnk]

Narrow cone has more HE mass and more liner mass than wide cones. Can we normalize the penetration by these two factors ?

[xXrandomryzeXx]

Would love to see the effect of that Experimental HEAT charge you did a few videos ago.

[pirobotbeta]

More stand-off distance might be called for: sources suggest 3-4 device diameters of separation from target give best 'carrot' formation interval.
The jet has a 'sweet-spot' that is unique to each design; stand-off can be critical for best performance.

[velvetthundr]

I always love HEAT simulations. They’re a lot more satisfying because they’re hypersonic molten copper jet compared to darts

[zeroinfinity]

You got to look at the Slow Mo Guys video on this. Because it looks like the inner point goes out as normal but the outer point of the cone gets smacked into the inner point as the inner point is going out. Because the explosives around the cone is faster than the tip leaving and just explode it inward. And it looked like the tip being hit by the outer part is actually what heats up the copper. Otherwise you are just shooting cold copper.

[AlexanderMeier-iwbz]

#QUESTION
Does the cone angle and or amount of explosive determine the energy required to penetrate however many inches of material?
(eg. regular shape charge stand-off space with small cone angle versus EFP with wide cone angle)

[sgtellioman]

My unit found the first known EFP in Iraq, 2004. CIED, 458th EN BN under 1CAV

[pirsensor]

What happend with the hot beam if it water if ? If the water break the hot beam you can use it has protecting gear on tanks in jerrycans.

[marksbrinsden]

Unfortunately this failed to produce the desired result as the relative amount of explosive in the low angle charge was much higher. Pity the simulations seemed to fail.

[LuizBarros]

Hey, I just had an idea for a simulation:
What if you took an M855/M855A1 and replaced the steel tip with a nearly identical one but made out of Depleted Uranium? (or perhaps Tungsten Carbide)
Would it just do exactly the same, but at a higher price tag? Or would it actually be any better?

[hindsight]

How does one get into making these simulations. Like where do you start if you want to learn this without going to college for it. Are there books, web tutorials, or video tutorials that walk you through the basics of setting up this kind of simulation?

[rqrpure]

What about my shaped charge vs. as much RHA as possible