Study of the Behavior of Light Personnel Armor Consisting of Metallic, or a Combination of Fibrous and Metallic Materials

Abstract

This study includes the effects of various fragment nose shapes, angles of incidence, higher velocities and smaller fragments. It was found that the previously developed formula for predicting light armor performance remains valid over the extended range of conditions for most of the materials studied. It is shown that the original formula can be modified to enable a designer to account for the effect of angle of incidence for metallic materials. Except in the case of fibrous materials, the effect of nose shape was found to be comparatively small for the range of shapes studied; hence, no shape factor was included in the formula.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1949
Accession Number
ADA954884

Entities

People

  • W. R. Beye

Organizations

  • MRIGlobal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Aluminum
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Amplifiers
  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Armor
  • Base Lines
  • Composite Armor
  • Composite Materials
  • Contracts
  • Experimental Data
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Munitions
  • Small Arms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Theoretical Analysis.