Material properties are investigated on ballistic performance of tungsten-alloy rods with two-dimensional numerical simulations by program LS-DYNA.In an elastic-plastic hydrodynamic material model,primary parameters of the rod includes failure strain,yield stress and shear modulus,etc.Penetration is studied through simulation of a tungsten-alloy rod impacting on a semi-infinite aluminum-alloy target.It is shown that failure strain shows dominant effect on penetration. Numerical simulations of penetration within impact velocity regime ranging from 785 m/s to 1 924 m/s are performed.Numerical results are in good agreement with experimental data.