Influence of structural interspace on anti-penetration performance of sandwich composite armor system

ZHANG Yuanhao; CHENG Zhongqing; HOU Hailiang; LI Yanru

doi:10.11883/bzycj-2019-0270

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ZHANG Yuanhao, CHENG Zhongqing, HOU Hailiang, LI Yanru. Influence of structural interspace on anti-penetration performance of sandwich composite armor system[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2019, 39(12): 125104. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2019-0270

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ZHANG Yuanhao, CHENG Zhongqing, HOU Hailiang, LI Yanru. Influence of structural interspace on anti-penetration performance of sandwich composite armor system[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2019, 39(12): 125104. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2019-0270

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Influence of structural interspace on anti-penetration performance of sandwich composite armor system

doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2019-0270

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College of Warship and Ocean, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan 430033, Hubei, China
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Naval Logistics College of PLA, Tianjin 300450, China

Received Date: 2019-07-09
Rev Recd Date: 2019-09-10

Available Online: 2019-10-25

Publish Date: 2019-12-01

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Abstract

A sandwich composite armor consisting of an 8 mm thickness front titanium alloy plate, a 60 kg/m² planar density high-strength polyethylene fiber reinforced composite laminate core layer and an 8 mm thickness rear steel plate was used to simulate the structures of composite sandwich bulkheads on ship sides. According to whether there was an interspace of 20 mm between the panel and the core, the composite armor structures were defined as non-interspace type, back interspace type and front-back interspace type. In order to study the anti-penetration performance and failure mechanism of the above three structures under high-speed impact of a cylindrical projectile with the mass of 55 g, a series of ballistic tests were carried out. The failure modes of the titanium alloy plate, the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber-reinforced composite laminate core, and the steel panel were analyzed, and the influence of the structural interspace on the anti-penetration performances of the composite armor structures was obtained. The results show that the failure mode of the front titanium alloy plate is shear plugging, brittle fracture occurs on the bullet surface of the target plate and is accompanied by debris collapse; that the failure mode of the polyethylene fiber reinforced composite plate and the deformation range of the steel back plate are greatly affected by the interspace, while the front titanium alloy plate is less affected by the interspace; and that the existence of interspace is beneficial to improve the anti-penetration performances of the composite armor structures.
- composite armor,
- structural interspace,
- titanium alloy,
- high strength polyethylene fiber reinforced composite,
- high-speed impact

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