The Resistance of SiC/Al Layered Composite to Ballistic Impacting

Abstract:

Ballistic impacting test has been conducted on laminated SiC/Al-Cu composite with three layers ceramic plates and metal multi-constrain, while the target sample was prepared through squeeze casting. The ballistic testing result showed that composite exhibited good structural integrity. Mass loss and length loss of projectile are 63.65% and 65.43% respectively, mainly resulted from abrasion of crushed ceramic particles and melting erosion itself. Multi-constrain of metal ensured to maximize the role of abrasion of crushed ceramic powder, in addition, the heat generated at instantaneous projectile-target contact led to partial corrosion on projectile. Subject to ballistic impacting, SiC ceramic was transgranularly fractured and crushed, metal lining was melt, deformed and destroyed, as well as the interface dissociation happened between ceramic and metal. These processes absorbed great kinetic energy of projectile, so as to stop the penetration of incident mass within the laminated structure. Layered composite failure was completed under synergistic effect of three fracture modes, including ceramic brittle fracture, interface debonding and metal fracture.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 704-705)
• Pages: 1011-1016
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.704-705.1011
• Online since: December 2011
• Authors: Dan Huang, Wu Zhao
• Keywords: Abrasion, Impact Resistance, Layered Composite, Melting Erosion

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