Research Article

Modelling of Ballistic Impact over a Ceramic-Metal Protection System

Table 4

Fraction of loss of velocity, mass and energy of the projectile in the three stages (adapted from previous work [2]).

StageVelocity loss (%)Erosion (%)Absorbed energy (%)

1st10.6219.1835.73
2nd30.2740.7750.32
3rd59.10ā€”13.93