Paper Title:

Optimum Design of Composite Armor against Transverse Impact

Periodical Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 335 - 336)
Main Theme Advanced Materials and Structures
Edited by Yun-Hae Kim, Prasad Yarlagadda, Xiaodong Zhang and Zhijiu Ai
Pages 101-104
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.335-336.101
Citation Jian Guang Zhang et al., 2011, Advanced Materials Research, 335-336, 101
Online since September, 2011
Authors Jian Guang Zhang, Zhen Qiang Zhu, De Quan Ma, Rong Guo Wang, Xiao Dong He
Keywords Composite Armor, Finite Element (FE), Optimum Design, Transverse Impact
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Abstract

This study presents an effective methodology for the optimum design of two-component armor. The armor consists of two plates: one is boron carbide ceramic and the other is kevlar/epoxy composites. The effect of the thickness of two plates on the ballistic limit velocities of the armor was investigated by Florence model. A finite element model was created using MSC.DYTRAN to simulate the impact of a rigid projectile on the composite armor. The optimum thickness of the ceramic and composite was obtained by evaluating the ballistic resistance efficiency.