Affection of fiber backboard structure on the penetration and crushing resistance of B<sub>4</sub>C ceramic composite armor

WU Yiding; WANG Xiaodong; YU Yilei; MA Minghui; LU Wencheng; GAO Guangfa

doi:10.11883/bzycj-2023-0133

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WU Yiding, WANG Xiaodong, YU Yilei, MA Minghui, LU Wencheng, GAO Guangfa. Affection of fiber backboard structure on the penetration and crushing resistance of B4C ceramic composite armor[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2023, 43(9): 091411. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2023-0133

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WU Yiding, WANG Xiaodong, YU Yilei, MA Minghui, LU Wencheng, GAO Guangfa. Affection of fiber backboard structure on the penetration and crushing resistance of B₄C ceramic composite armor[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2023, 43(9): 091411. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2023-0133

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Affection of fiber backboard structure on the penetration and crushing resistance of B₄C ceramic composite armor

doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2023-0133

School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu, China

Received Date: 2023-04-12
Rev Recd Date: 2023-06-20

Available Online: 2023-07-21

Publish Date: 2023-09-11

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Lightweight ceramic composite armor is widely used for its lightweight and high bullet-resistant performance. To improve the bullet-resistant performance of ceramic composite armor, research has been conducted on the lightweight and performance improvement of different backing plates. The optimization of the structural design of lightweight ceramic composite armor is of great significance. Taking boron carbide ceramic as the front bullet-resistant panel, and different combinations of carbon fiber T300, UHMWPE, and Kevlar high-performance fiber boards as its composite backing plates. Using a 12.7 mm armor-piercing incendiary bullet to conduct ballistic impact experiments on ceramic/composite backing plates of different structures, the distribution law of fragment blocks and bullet-resistant performance of ceramic composite armor corresponding to different backing plates were analyzed by recovering shattered bullets and ceramic fragments and performing multi-stage screening and weighing. The study shows that adding a layer of carbon fiber board between the ceramic and fiber backing plates can significantly improve the bullet-resistant stiffness gradient of the composite armor, increase the structural stiffness of the entire bullet-resistant target board, and improve the stress wave propagation form between the bullet and the entire panel, prolonging the time and the effect of the stress wave propagation inside the entire ceramic panel after the formation of the ceramic cone and detachment from the ceramic panel, thereby reducing the tensile fracture caused by tensile waves inside the ceramic panel and prolonging the phenomenon of bullet retention. The Rosin-Rammler distribution model was used to characterize the fragment forms of ceramics and bullets. The results show that replacing half-thickness UHMWPE fiber board and Kevlar fiber board with carbon fiber backing plate respectively increased the half-cone angle of the ceramic panel by 2.05% and 4.20%, and the overall average characteristic size of the fragmentation zone decreased by 16.92% and 42.96% respectively. After adding a carbon fiber with high bending strength as the intermediate transition layer of the composite armor board, the failure mode of the backing plate changed, fully utilizing the high tensile strength of the fiber backing plate, thereby improving the overall bullet-resistant performance of the composite armor.
- B₄C ceramic,
- composite armor plate,
- 12.7 mm armor piercing incendiary,
- crushing of the bullet core,
- ballistic resistant composite material

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