Simulation of ballistic performance of a two-layered structure of nanostructured metal and ceramic

Guo, Xiang; Sun, X.; Tian, Xiaobin; Weng, George J.; Ouyang, Q.D.; Zhu, Linli

doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2016.08.025

Cited by 35 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 61 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…10(b). As similarly observed by Guo et al [8], bilayered structure of ceramic/metal showed better ballistic performance because the ceramic eroded the bullet through cracking while the metal absorbed the remnant projectile kinetic energy by its deformation. Thus, the experimental results agree with the numerical simulation that predicted the wearing of the projectile by the ceramic, while the backing steel was ultimately protected.…”

Section: Composite: Laminate Of Alumina Ceramic and Armour Steelsupporting

confidence: 69%

“…Thus, enhanced mobility, high strength to weight ratio with the high impact resistance are the primary concept of lightweight armour design [4]. Consequently, ceramic-steel composites have been introduced to offer the solution for efficient lightweight armours [5][6][7][8][9][10]. Precisely, low density, high hardness, high rigidity and compression strength of ceramics [1,5] makes it popular and suitable for armour systems; including aircraft structures, personal armour and military vehicles [11][12][13][14][15].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Numerical and Experimental Study of Ceramic/Steel Composite for Structural Applications

Sanusi

Oyelaran²,

Methia³

et al. 2021

Acta Metall Slovaca

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Terminal ballistics is the study of science that deals with the interaction involved in two impacting bodies. This research focused on the high-impact resistance of layered composite comprising of alumina ceramic and armour steel. The composite was designed to have ceramic as the facial plate with armour steel as its backing plate. For the numerical study, the ceramic thickness was varied (6, 8, 10, 12 mm) while keeping the thickness of backing steel constant (7 mm). The projectile, 7.62 mm armour-piercing (AP), was set with a velocity of 838 m/s and made to impact the different ceramic–steel composite target configurations at zero obliquity. The study captured fracture processes of the ceramic, the deformation of projectile, and backing steel. An effective optimum thickness ratio of 1.4 (ceramic:steel; 10/7) for the ceramic/steel components with less deformation of the backing steel is found. Thereafter, the result of the numerical study was validated by experimental ballistic investigation of the determined optimum ceramic/steel ratio. The experiment corroborated the simulation results as the alumina ceramic provided efficient protection to armour steel component after a severe interaction with the impacting projectile.

show abstract

Section: Composite: Laminate Of Alumina Ceramic and Armour Steelsupporting

confidence: 69%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Numerical and Experimental Study of Ceramic/Steel Composite for Structural Applications

Sanusi

Oyelaran²,

Methia³

et al. 2021

Acta Metall Slovaca

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Traditional composite protective structures mostly make use of ceramic and metal materials [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ] and mostly adopt a layered structure (monolithic ceramic as interlayer) or a two-dimensional frame-restraint structure (strip-shaped ceramics as interlayer) [ 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. The traditional ceramic/metal composite structure tends to have stringent requirements on material performance, which renders poor flexibility in design [ 29 ]. Most of the existing studies focus on the layered structure of the whole ceramic, but the research on the anti-penetration performance of the ceramic composite structure with three-dimensional metal packaging is less.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Anti-Penetration Performance of Composite Structures with Metal-Packaged Ceramic Interlayer and UHMWPE Laminate

et al. 2023

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The impact response of a composite structure consisting of a metal-packaged ceramic interlayer and an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) laminate has been studied through a ballistic test and numerical simulation. The studied structure exhibits 50% higher anti-penetration performance than the traditional ceramic/metal structure with the same areal density. The metal-packaged ceramic interlayer and the UHMWPE laminate are key components in resisting the penetration. By using a metal frame to impose three-dimensional constraints on ceramic tiles, the metal-packaged ceramic interlayer can limit the crushing of the ceramic and contain the broken ceramic fragment to improve the erosion of the projectile. The large deformation of UHMWPE laminate absorbs a large amount of energy from the projectile. By decreasing the amplitude of the shock wave and changing the distribution of the impact load in the structure, the projectile has longer residence time on the interlayer. The anti-penetration performance shows within 10% variation when the impact position is varied. Due to the asymmetric deformation and high elastic recovery ability of the UHMWPE laminate, the projectile trajectory deflection is increased, and the broken ceramic fragments are restrained, thereby mitigating after-effect damage caused by the projectile after penetrating the structure.

show abstract

“…One of the earliest studies considered a polymermetal bilayer of polycarbonate and aluminium targets, impacted with conical projectiles [5]. This cost-effective approach is rooted in the notion of laminate-component studies, a topic of interest for impact applications since the 1970s, with most research focused on combinations of metal-metal [6][7][8], fibre-reinforced plastic-metal [9][10][11][12] and ceramic-metal [13][14][15][16] systems.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of polyurea-coated metallic targets: Computational framework

Stergiou

Baxevanakis

Roy

et al. 2021

Composite Structures

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Simulation of ballistic performance of a two-layered structure of nanostructured metal and ceramic

Cited by 35 publications

References 61 publications

Numerical and Experimental Study of Ceramic/Steel Composite for Structural Applications

Numerical and Experimental Study of Ceramic/Steel Composite for Structural Applications

Anti-Penetration Performance of Composite Structures with Metal-Packaged Ceramic Interlayer and UHMWPE Laminate

Impact of polyurea-coated metallic targets: Computational framework

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About