Ballistic performance of composite metal foams

Garcia-Avila, Matias; Portanova, Marc; Rabiei, Afsaneh

doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2015.01.031

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“…Ballistic testing of CMF was first published in 2015 . In these tests, multi‐layered composite armor panels were assembled using a ceramic strike face atop CMF with a thin layer of aluminum or Kevlar TM backing.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A model representing the layering of these materials is given in Figure , note that the thicknesses in this model are not to scale. Additional details of the sizing and assembly of the armor system can be found elsewhere . Ballistic testing was performed following the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) standards for Type III (7.62 × 51 mm M80) and Type IV (7.62 × 63 mm M2 AP) .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Overview of Composite Metal Foams and Their Properties and Performance

Marx¹,

Rabiei²

2017

Adv Eng Mater

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This paper reviews the background and evolution of composite metal foam (CMF) from its inception until now. A broad understanding of the processing and basic mechanical, microstructural, and physical properties of different types of composite metal foams is discussed in the first part of the paper. In the second part, some recent studies on high strain rate properties, ballistic performance, radiation attenuation, and thermal properties of composite metal foams are discussed and compared with other bulk and control materials. These properties suggest many potential applications for this novel material in a broad range of engineering structures from ballistic armors to trains', cars', buses', helicopters' crashworthiness systems, and many others such as nuclear casks and thermal insulating units.

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Section: Recent Developments and Propertiesmentioning

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Overview of Composite Metal Foams and Their Properties and Performance

Marx¹,

Rabiei²

2017

Adv Eng Mater

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“…Blast and ballistic armors, energy absorbers in vehicles, and heat exchangers are some of the examples where such materials can be useful [1][2][3]. It is difficult to control the size and shape of the pores in metal foams [4].…”

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Syntactic foam core metal matrix sandwich composite under bending conditions

Omar¹,

Xiang²,

Gupta³

et al. 2015

Materials & Design

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The present work aims at characterizing a metal matrix syntactic foam core sandwich composite under threepoint bending conditions. The sandwich comprises alumina hollow particle reinforced A356 alloy syntactic foam with carbon fabric skins. Crack initiation in the tensile side of the specimen causing failure of the skin, followed by rapid failure of the core in the direction applied load, is observed as the failure mechanism. Crack propagation through the alumina particles is observed in the failed specimens instead of interfacial failure. The average maximum strength, flexural strain and stiffness were measured as 91.2 ± 5.6 MPa, 0.49 ± 0.06% and 20.6 ± 0.7 GPa respectively. The collapse load is theoretically predicted using mechanics of sandwich beams. Experimental values show good agreement with theoretical predictions.

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“…Up to now, Alumina (Al 2 O 3 ), Boron Carbide (B 4 C), Silicon Carbide (SiC) and ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) such as Al 2 O 3 /ZrO 2 are the most widely used ceramic materials in the ballistic armor systems [3][4][5]. When a projectile impacts on a ceramic tile, a shattered zone will be formed due to the projectile with the high kinetic energy.…”

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Influence of different back laminate layers on ballistic performance of ceramic composite armor

Liu

Chen

et al. 2015

Materials & Design

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This paper mainly reported a new type of ceramic composite armor with a back laminate of Ti6Al4V/UHMWPE/Ti6Al4V against the 12.7 mm armor piercing projectile at a velocity of 818 m/s. The mechanism of the whole ceramic composite armor against the projectile, and the function of each layer in the back laminates were systematically investigated around the experiments and numerical simulations. The results indicated that the outermost Ti6Al4V layer provided support for the UHMWPE layer, leading to the UHMWPE layer displaying the extremely high buffer performance during the impact process. Meanwhile, the middle UHMWPE layer also had an energy balance function between the first and outermost Ti6Al4V layers to cause small damage in the back laminate layers. Thus, this configuration contributed to absorb or dissipate the more energy of the impact projectile, successfully preventing the perforation of the projectile.

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Ballistic performance of composite metal foams

Cited by 106 publications

References 29 publications

Overview of Composite Metal Foams and Their Properties and Performance

Overview of Composite Metal Foams and Their Properties and Performance

Syntactic foam core metal matrix sandwich composite under bending conditions

Influence of different back laminate layers on ballistic performance of ceramic composite armor

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