Modeling and Simulation of Ceramic Arrays to Improve Ballistic Performance

Abstract

-Develop Modeling and Simulation tools, use Depth of Penetration (DOP) as metric, 7.62 APM2 -Evaluate SiC tile on Aluminum with material properties from literature -Develop seam designs to improve performance, demonstrate with DOP experiments (tiles from Supplier, sintered SiC) 15.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA603835

Entities

People

  • Bazle Z. Haque
  • John W. Gillespie Jr.
  • Nicole A. Cicchetti
  • Shridhar Yarlagadda

Organizations

  • University of Delaware

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesives
  • Aluminum
  • Armor
  • Boundaries
  • Composite Materials
  • Elements
  • Literature
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Projectiles
  • Shear Modulus
  • Simulations
  • Strain Rate
  • Thermal Conductivity

Readers

  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.
  • ballistics.