Study of Hypervelocity Projectile Impact on Thick Metal Plates

Table 8

Comparison of free surface velocities in simulations.

Impact velocity; (m/s)	Test ID	HEL (GPa)	% difference	1st peak; velocity (m/s)	% difference	2nd peak; velocity (m/s)	% difference
5338	1000-016	1.22	N/A	243.0	N/A	195.0	N/A
	LS-DYNA (5 μs)	0.64	−47.5	232.0	−4.5	220.0	12.8
	CTH (5 μs)	0.57	−53.3	247.2	1.7	256.5	31.5
5063	1000-017	0.95	N/A	205.0	N/A	171.0	N/A
	LS-DYNA (5 μs)	0.64	−32.6	228.9	11.7	195.1	14.1
	CTH (5 μs)	0.57	–40.0	224.8	9.7	240.2	40.5