Research Article

Modeling and Simulation of Ballistic Penetration of Ceramic-Polymer-Metal Layered Systems

Table 2

Numerical simulations.

Number of tiles × thickness [mm]BondingPolymer [m/s]/

1 × 38.1FreeNo10300.5020.8420
11000.7570.7750
11601.0380.7180
TiedNo10300.1360.9570
11000.1940.9420
11600.6170.8280

3 × 12.7FreeNo10301.1820.6280
11001.3770.5910
116000.233
FreeYes10301.5320.5180
110000.183
116000.357
TiedYes103000.115
110000.233
116000.304

6 × 6.35FreeNo10301.0260.6770
11001.3340.6030
116000.219
FreeYes103000.275
110000.352
116000.388
TiedYes103000.301
110000.355
116000.417