Research Article

Efficient Method to Evaluate Critical Ricochet Angle of Projectile Penetrating into a Concrete Target

Table 1

Penetration data of normal impact tests conducted by Forrestal et al. [17].

Shot and projectile numberProjectile mass (kg)Striking velocity (m/s)Pitch yaw (degrees)Penetration depth (m)

SNL-00-11/312.923238.10.1D/0.00.30
SNL-00-12/412.900275.70.1D/0.4L0.38
SNL-00-09/112.910314.00.2D/0.2R0.45
SNL-00-10/212.914369.53.6U/2.5L0.53

For pitch and yaw, D = down, U = up, R = right, and L = left.