Response of Armour Plate Subjected to Blast Loading Based on Analytical Model of Second Order Single Degree of Freedom

Abstract:

The rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) plate is commonly used for armoured vehicle skin. Preliminary predictions of the deflections from RHA plate subjected to blast loading is important for establishing guidelines before it is used in vehicle skin. The goal of this work is a reliable technique for predicting the RHA plate response subjected to blast loading, and the empirical result performed by other researchers will be taken as a reference. Based on selected references, a small number of assumptions lead to the developed Single Degree of Freedom (SDOF) idealised models. This paper provides an analytical prediction for the RHA plate response using SDOF in one dimension (1D) approach. The analytical capability was subsequently verified using the non-linear fluid structure interaction (FSI) numerical simulation and the AUTODYN computer code. The midpoint deflections of the RHA plate were taken as the figure of merit. Based on the small error percentage and the support of strong analytical arguments, the second order SDOF analytical approach and numerical simulation using the AUTODYN computer code can be employed as a method of analysis.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 819)
• Pages: 387-392
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.819.387
• Online since: June 2015
• Authors: Ahmad Zaidi Ahmad Mujahid, Md Fuad Shah Koslan, Othman Mohd Zaid
• Keywords: AUTODYN 3D, Numerical Method, Single Degree of Freedom, Verification

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