Research Article

Modelling of Ballistic Impact over a Ceramic-Metal Protection System

Table 6

Comparison of the former and new results.

CompositionThickness (mm)Duration of the 1st stage (μs)Impact velocity (m/s)Maximum deflectionErrors
Experimental data (mm)Original theory, OT (mm)Modified theory, MT (mm) (%) (%)

B11.38.6792.716.517.017.22.94.3
C11.38.7858.220.017.618.413.68.8
B9.38.2628.918.017.818.81.14.2
C9.38.2651.117.517.718.31.14.3
B7.37.7428.815.517.314.610.46.0
C7.37.8448.413.016.613.021.70