Ballistic Resistance Testing Techniques

Abstract

The Department of Defense conducts ballistic resistance testing to estimate the probability that a projectile will perforate the armor of a system under test. Ballistic resistance testing routinely employs sensitivity experiment techniques in which sequential test designs are used to estimate armor performance. Statistical procedures used to estimate the ballistic resistance of armor in the DoD have remained relatively unchanged for decades. New test design method scan lead to improved testing efficiency, which is critical for test and evaluation in the current fiscal climate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1124082

Entities

People

  • Janice Hester
  • Jonathan Bell
  • Laura Freeman
  • Thomas M Johnson

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Armor
  • Armor Plate
  • Body Armor
  • Combinatorial Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Distribution Functions
  • Engineering
  • Errors
  • Estimators
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics
  • Maximum Likelihood Estimation
  • Military Equipment
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Perforation
  • Probability
  • Projectiles
  • Resistance
  • Sensitivity
  • Standards
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • ballistics.