A ballistic payload being moved across a landscape

Penetration Mechanics

DSR researchers have been actively involved in high-velocity penetration research for the last 30 years. Our experimental research is highly referenced in academia and the results have advanced the penetration mechanics field at large.

Publications

Our team leverages their experience to help DSR’s partners and lead public research in penetrative testing.

Laboratory test equipment

High-Velocity Penetration

Our findings suggest a consistent relationship between dimensionless penetration depth and striking velocity across different projectile scales.

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A ballistic payload being transported

Instrumented Penetration

We tested the penetration of concrete targets with deceleration-time measurements.

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Apache helicopter hovering

Effects of Target Diameter

We measured the penetration depth of concrete targets with three different diameters.

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Packaging for DSR data recorders

Low Strength Concrete

This was combined experiment that included analytical and computational aspects, testing the penetration of low strength concrete.

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Confined hopkinson bar system

Current Research

Our unique product line of laboratory test equipment  is used to test the dynamic and high-pressure response of materials.

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Lab Test Equipment

Our laboratory test equipment has helped test and measure technical solutions for the past decade.

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Data Recorders

Test your ballistic environments with world-class data recorders that can withstand any environment.

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