This study examines the penetration of 12.7 mm armor piercing incendiary projectiles into SiC ceramic-fiber composite target plates.By observing the recovered projectile and the overall damage morphology of the cerami...This study examines the penetration of 12.7 mm armor piercing incendiary projectiles into SiC ceramic-fiber composite target plates.By observing the recovered projectile and the overall damage morphology of the ceramic-fiber composite target plates.Additionally,multi-level screening and weighing of the recovered projectile and ceramic fragments revealed that the mass distribution of the projectile and ceramic fragments under different backing structures conforms to a powerlaw distribution.Experimental results indicate that for single laminate as the backing,the fragmentation of the projectile and ceramics is highest when T300 is the material.Incorporating a T300 transition layer between the SiC ceramic and aramid fibers(Kevlar)or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene(UHMWPE)increases the fragmentation of the projectile and ceramics,leading to increased energy absorption.The projectile’s head mainly exhibits pulverized abrasive fragmentation,while larger projectile fragments primarily result from shear and tensile stress-induced shear-tensile failure fractures.The primary damage mode of ceramics under high-speed impact is the expansion of ceramic cones and radial cracks.The main form of damage in UHMWPE laminate is interlayer separation caused by tensile waves,permanent plastic deformation at the back protrusion,and perforation failure primarily due to shear waves.The damage mode of Kevlar laminate is similar to that of UHMWPE,with the distinction being that Kevlar laminate primarily exhibits perforation failure caused by tensile waves.Carbon fiber T300 laminate damage mainly consists of cross-shaped brittle fractures caused by shear waves.展开更多
Steel-tube-confined concrete(STCC) targets are provided with excellent anti-penetration performance over semi-infinite concrete(SIC) targets since the steel tube imposes passive restraint on the in-filled concrete dur...Steel-tube-confined concrete(STCC) targets are provided with excellent anti-penetration performance over semi-infinite concrete(SIC) targets since the steel tube imposes passive restraint on the in-filled concrete during the penetration process. Grid STCC system with square steel tubes is a potential solution to protective structures. In this paper, experiments of 9-cell grid STCC targets penetrated by 12.7 mm Armor Piercing Projectile(APP) were performed. The influence of side length and thickness of steel tube,steel ratio and impact velocity on anti-penetration performance were taken into account. Additionally,single-cell square STCC targets were also designed and tested for comparison with the 9-cell grid STCC targets. Damage modes and parameters of the tested targets were measured and discussed. Moreover,the stiffness of radial confinement of grid STCC targets is achieved according to the elastic solution of infinite cylindrical shell in Winkler medium. Furthermore, the penetration resistance and depth of penetration(DOP) for grid STCC targets are obtained on the basis of the dynamic finite spherical cavityexpansion(FSCE) models including radial confinement effect. It is shown that the 9-cell grid STCC targets with optimal dimension match of thickness and side length of steel tube can reduce the DOP by about17 % and 23 % in comparison with the SIC targets and single-cell square STCC targets, respectively, due to both the confinement of square steel tube to concrete in the impacted cell and the additional confinement of the surrounding cells to the impacted cell;the penetration resistance and DOP of the grid and cellular STCC targets with similar steel ratio is close, and thus the grid STCC targets with simpler manufacturing process and excellent in-plane expandability are preferred in engineering practice;moreover, the predicted results of DOP model based on the FSCE models agree well with the tested results with the maximum disparity less than 12 % and the proposed model is more applicable to the grid and cellular STCC targets with high radial confinement.展开更多
文摘This study examines the penetration of 12.7 mm armor piercing incendiary projectiles into SiC ceramic-fiber composite target plates.By observing the recovered projectile and the overall damage morphology of the ceramic-fiber composite target plates.Additionally,multi-level screening and weighing of the recovered projectile and ceramic fragments revealed that the mass distribution of the projectile and ceramic fragments under different backing structures conforms to a powerlaw distribution.Experimental results indicate that for single laminate as the backing,the fragmentation of the projectile and ceramics is highest when T300 is the material.Incorporating a T300 transition layer between the SiC ceramic and aramid fibers(Kevlar)or ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene(UHMWPE)increases the fragmentation of the projectile and ceramics,leading to increased energy absorption.The projectile’s head mainly exhibits pulverized abrasive fragmentation,while larger projectile fragments primarily result from shear and tensile stress-induced shear-tensile failure fractures.The primary damage mode of ceramics under high-speed impact is the expansion of ceramic cones and radial cracks.The main form of damage in UHMWPE laminate is interlayer separation caused by tensile waves,permanent plastic deformation at the back protrusion,and perforation failure primarily due to shear waves.The damage mode of Kevlar laminate is similar to that of UHMWPE,with the distinction being that Kevlar laminate primarily exhibits perforation failure caused by tensile waves.Carbon fiber T300 laminate damage mainly consists of cross-shaped brittle fractures caused by shear waves.
基金the projects supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province, China (No. 2018JJ2470 and 2021JJ30776)。
文摘Steel-tube-confined concrete(STCC) targets are provided with excellent anti-penetration performance over semi-infinite concrete(SIC) targets since the steel tube imposes passive restraint on the in-filled concrete during the penetration process. Grid STCC system with square steel tubes is a potential solution to protective structures. In this paper, experiments of 9-cell grid STCC targets penetrated by 12.7 mm Armor Piercing Projectile(APP) were performed. The influence of side length and thickness of steel tube,steel ratio and impact velocity on anti-penetration performance were taken into account. Additionally,single-cell square STCC targets were also designed and tested for comparison with the 9-cell grid STCC targets. Damage modes and parameters of the tested targets were measured and discussed. Moreover,the stiffness of radial confinement of grid STCC targets is achieved according to the elastic solution of infinite cylindrical shell in Winkler medium. Furthermore, the penetration resistance and depth of penetration(DOP) for grid STCC targets are obtained on the basis of the dynamic finite spherical cavityexpansion(FSCE) models including radial confinement effect. It is shown that the 9-cell grid STCC targets with optimal dimension match of thickness and side length of steel tube can reduce the DOP by about17 % and 23 % in comparison with the SIC targets and single-cell square STCC targets, respectively, due to both the confinement of square steel tube to concrete in the impacted cell and the additional confinement of the surrounding cells to the impacted cell;the penetration resistance and DOP of the grid and cellular STCC targets with similar steel ratio is close, and thus the grid STCC targets with simpler manufacturing process and excellent in-plane expandability are preferred in engineering practice;moreover, the predicted results of DOP model based on the FSCE models agree well with the tested results with the maximum disparity less than 12 % and the proposed model is more applicable to the grid and cellular STCC targets with high radial confinement.
