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Reactive material is a new type of energetic material, which has some characteristics similar to the traditional explosives but has better mechanical properties. Reactive material is insensitive under normal conditions, and it can release huge energy under external impact loading. This paper hopes to study the application of reactive materials to the inner core of PELE projectiles to further improve the fragmentation effect of PELE projectiles. The fragmentation effect of PELE projectile is mainly reflected in the radial scattering velocity of fragments after it perforates the target plate. In this paper, three energy sources for the radial scattering of fragments were obtained by analyzing the penetration process of PELE projectile, that is, the axial kinetic energy of outer casing, the radial compression potential energy generated by the inner core to the outer casing, and the chemical energy released by the reactive core material. Based on the simplification and assumptions, the theoretical model of radial scattering velocity of fragments of the reactive core PELE projectile was established. In addition, numerical simulations were carried out to verify the theoretical model. The results show that the numerical simulation results are in good agreement with the theoretical calculation results, which indicates that the model established in this paper is scientific and reasonable. The reactive core PELE projectile has a more significant fragmentation effect, which further enhances the comprehensive damage power of traditional PELE projectile. The theoretical model established in this paper can quickly assess the power of reactive core PELE projectile\u2019s fragmentation effect, which can be used to provide guidance and reference for engineering application.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym12071190","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,22]],"date-time":"2020-07-22T05:10:30Z","timestamp":1595394630000},"page":"1190","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Theoretical Model of Radial Scattering Velocity of Fragments of the Reactive Core PELE Projectile"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7642-3016","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Liangliang","family":"Ding","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"},{"name":"Beijing Special Engineering and Design Institute, Beijing 100028, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0668-6018","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jingyuan","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1907-087X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xianwen","family":"Ran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9528-6536","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wenhui","family":"Tang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaoguang","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"},{"name":"Beijing Special Engineering and Design Institute, Beijing 100028, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuli","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Beijing Special Engineering and Design Institute, Beijing 100028, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Kesberg, G., Schirm, V., and Kerk, S. 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