Penetration resistance of ceramic/UHMWPE composite structures with porous titanium alloy sandwich layer

MA Minghui; WU Yiding; WANG Xiaodong; YU Yilei; WANG Botong; GAO Guangfa

doi:10.11883/bzycj-2023-0375

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MA Minghui, WU Yiding, WANG Xiaodong, YU Yilei, WANG Botong, GAO Guangfa. Penetration resistance of ceramic/UHMWPE composite structures with porous titanium alloy sandwich layer[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2024, 44(4): 041001. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2023-0375

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MA Minghui, WU Yiding, WANG Xiaodong, YU Yilei, WANG Botong, GAO Guangfa. Penetration resistance of ceramic/UHMWPE composite structures with porous titanium alloy sandwich layer[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2024, 44(4): 041001. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2023-0375

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MA Minghui, WU Yiding, WANG Xiaodong, YU Yilei, WANG Botong, GAO Guangfa. Penetration resistance of ceramic/UHMWPE composite structures with porous titanium alloy sandwich layer[J]. Explosion And Shock Waves, 2024, 44(4): 041001. doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2023-0375

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Penetration resistance of ceramic/UHMWPE composite structures with porous titanium alloy sandwich layer

doi: 10.11883/bzycj-2023-0375

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

Received Date: 2023-10-16
Rev Recd Date: 2024-01-06

Available Online: 2024-01-08

Publish Date: 2024-04-07

Abstract

Abstract

The fiber back plate in ceramic/fiber composite armor cannot provide sufficient support for the ceramic panel due to its low stiffness, which weakens the erosion effect of the ceramic panel on the projectile. In order to enhance the overall structural stiffness of composite armor, a metal sandwich layer material was added to the ceramic/fiber composite armor. The ballistic performance of the sandwich composite armor against 12.7-mm incendiary projectiles was studied through experiments and numerical simulations. The experimental results indicate that the core of the penetrator exhibits a brittle fracture failure mode, while composite armor exhibits multiple failure modes, including petal-shaped expansion of the sandwich layer, delamination and protrusion deformation of the UHMWPE (ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene) laminate. A three-dimensional numerical model was established to analyze the evolution of the entire ballistic response, and the accuracy of the simulation was verified through experimental results. The simulation results indicate that the armor of the 12.7-mm penetrator will cause damage to the ceramic, which will erode the pointed oval head of the projectile core, making the core head blunt and weakening the penetration ability of the projectile core into the UHMWPE backing plate. Most of the kinetic energy of the residual projectile is absorbed by the UHMWPE layer, and the failure mode of the UHMWPE laminate will change from shear failure to tensile failure as the number of layers increases. In addition, as a sandwich layer, the porous TC4 board can provide support for the ceramic panel, increase the energy absorption of the ceramic panel and erosion of the projectile, and the 12-mm-pore-size TC4 sandwich layer can provide greater stiffness support, increase the energy absorption efficiency of the overall composite structure by 10%.
- ceramic composite armor,
- porous sandwich layer,
- UHMWPE,
- 12.7 mm armor piercing bullet

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