Exploring new armor-piercing materials is crucial for improving the penetrative ability of projectiles. Based on the process of in situ solidification injection molding through ceramic dispersant hydrolytic degradation, a ZrO2 ceramic material suitab...
The penetration ability of a 5.8 mm standard projectile can be improved by inserting a ZrO2 ceramic ball with high hardness, high temperature, and pressure resistance at its head. Thereby, a ceramic composite projectile can be formed. A depth of pene...
This work aims to improve the penetration ability of a 14.5 mm standard armor-piercing projectile into ceramic/armor steel (Al2O3/RHA) composite armor. To this end, ZrO2 toughened Al2O3(ZTA) is prepared as the material for bullet tips, utilizing in s...
To explore the anti-penetration performance of the specially shaped ceramic/metal composite armor, such an armor is designed and fabricated using a semi-cylindrical projectile resistant ceramic and metal back plate, and its anti-penetration performan...
Oblique ceramic armor structure composed of an oblique part and a backing part was designed to resist the ballistic impact of long rod penetrators. The front part consisted of an oblique silicon carbide ceramic and a triangular titanium alloy prism....
The impact response of a composite structure consisting of a metal-packaged ceramic interlayer and an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) laminate has been studied through a ballistic test and numerical simulation. The studied structure...
Ceramic panel collapse will easily lead to the failure of traditional targets. One strategy to solve this problem is to use separate ceramic units as armor panels. Based on this idea, we propose an aluminum matrix composite using pressure infiltratio...
The penetration of projectiles into targets has a broad background in engineering. In this work, numerical simulations of the projectile-target penetration problem are conducted using the Finite Element Method (FEM), the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynami...
This article presents an analysis of the effectiveness of available numerical techniques in mapping the characteristic behavior of ballistic ceramics under projectile impact conditions. As part of the work, the ballistic tests were performed on the l...
Armour-Piercing (AP) projectiles constitute a major threat to be considered for the design of bi-layer-armour configurations constructed using a ceramic front plate backed with a composite/metal layer. When they are not made of tungsten-carbide the c...
This study investigates the ballistic performance and energy-absorption behavior of advanced multilayer ceramic composite armor systems composed of silicon carbide (SiC) ceramics, composite metal foam (CMF), rolled homogeneous armor (RHA), ultra-high...
The development of modern types of ammunition and the increasing requirements for ballistic protection have created a need for armour systems capable of providing a high level of protection while maintaining an acceptable weight. Traditional homogene...
Multilayered armor systems (MAS) with a front ceramic layer backed by a relatively unknown Amazonian guaruman fiber-reinforced (Ischnosiphon koem) epoxy composites, as second layer, were for the first time ballistic tested against the threat of 7.62...
Composites with sustainable natural fibers are currently experiencing remarkably diversified applications, including in engineering industries, owing to their lower cost and density as well as ease in processing. Among the natural fibers, the fiber e...
Natural-fiber-reinforced polymer composites have recently drawn attention as new materials for ballistic armor due to sustainability benefits and lower cost as compared to conventional synthetic fibers, such as aramid and ultra-high-molecular-weight...
Graphene oxide (GO) functionalized curaua fiber (CF) has been shown to improve the mechanical properties and ballistic performance of epoxy matrix (EM) nanocomposites with 30 vol% fiber. However, the possibility of further improvement in the property...
This study investigates the effects of resin content, fiber architecture, and manufacturing process on the mechanical response and ballistic behavior of Aramid III/epoxy support layers used in B4C ceramic composite armor. Three plain-woven Aramid III...