Ballistic Performance Testing of Aluminum Alloy 5059-H131 and 5059-H136 for Armor Applications

Abstract

The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) was tasked to investigate the ballistic performance of aluminum alloy (AA) 5059 to determine if it was a desirable alternate alloy for use as vehicle armor. Current alloys, such as AA5083 and AA7039, have high yield and tensile strengths and provide increased ballistic protection but have significantly less corrosion resistance than AA5059. AA5059 generally provides greater ballistic protection levels than AA5083 but did not match the levels of AA7039. However, it does contain some of the desirable characteristics of the lower strength AA5083, mainly superior corrosion resistance. the combination of increased strength and corrosion resistance makes AA5059 an ideal choice for consideration as an alternate aluminum armor.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA481408

Entities

People

  • Brian E. Placzankis
  • Dwight D. Showalter
  • Matthew S. Burkins

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion Resistance
  • Elements
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Military Research
  • Performance Tests
  • Resistance
  • Strain Hardening
  • Tensile Strength
  • Vehicles
  • Zirconium

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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