A Proposed Method for Dynamic Analysis of Armored Structures: Analytical Development and Computer Simulation

Abstract

This report describes a simple proposed method for modeling and predicting ballistic shock effects with respect to biological damage and structural failure of an armored vehicle turret/hull interface. The research that forms the basis of this simplified approach is presented along with the limitations and advantages of this method. Assuming rigid body motion, an armored vehicle can be modeled as stacks blocks and equations of motion can be derived. The nonlinear, second order, different equations are linearized then solved in general form and a mathematical analysis of the equations and their implications is presented. Shock, Nonlinear, Dynamics, Rigid body, Transition blocks, Moment of momentum.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA284299

Entities

People

  • Michael R. Sivack

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Angular Momentum
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Simulations
  • Dynamics
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Military Research
  • Modal Analysis
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Molecular Mechanics Methods
  • Momentum
  • Physical Properties
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Simulations

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.