Research Article

Ballistic Impact Performance of SiC Ceramic-Dyneema Fiber Composite Materials

Table 5

Mechanical properties of Dyneema.

E11,22 (GPa)E33 (GPa)G12 (GPa)G23,31 (GPa)ν22ν31,32Xt (GPa)Yt (GPa)Xc (GPa)Yc (GPa) (g/cm3)

30.71.971.970.670.0080.0443.03.00.950.950.97

Eij: Young’ modulus, Gij: shear modulus, νij: Poisson’s ratio, : density, 1–3: x-, y-, and z-axis directions of materials, Xt, Xc: maximum tensile and compressive strength of x-axis directions, and Yt, Yc: maximum tensile and compressive strength of y-axis directions.