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DR. K. H. LIH, director of this Institute, has directed my attention to the article of Dr. F. P. Bowden and Mr. J. H. Brunton about the damage to solids by liquid impact1. It would be interesting to know if these authors have noticed the effect of ‘explosion’ of the water particles when they hit a hard surface at high speeds, similar to that which we observed when making experiments with different metal liners used in so-called ‘hollow’ or ‘shaped’ explosive charges; although, of course, the velocities of the liner particles far exceed those which Bowden and Brunton used for propelling their water drops. In the Scientific Monthly of February 1951, p. 79, it was remarked that: “Ballistic experiments have shown that particles, travelling at velocities about 4,250 ft./sec., explode into vapour on striking the target”.
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LARIKOV, G. Vaporization of Projectiles on Impact. Nature 182, 468 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182468a0
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