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Material Modeling and Ballistic-Resistance Analysis of Armor-Grade Composites Reinforced with High-Performance Fibers

Authors: M. Grujicic, P. S. Glomski, T. He, G. Arakere, W. C. Bell, B. A. Cheeseman

Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance | Issue 9/2009

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A new ballistic material model for 0°/90° cross-plied oriented ultra-high molecular weight (UHMW) polyethylene fiber-based armor-grade composite laminates has been constructed using open-literature data for the fiber and polymeric-matrix material properties and the general experimental/field-test observations regarding the deformation and failure modes in these types of materials. The present model is an extension of our recently developed unit cell-based ballistic material model for the same class of composites (M. Grujicic, G. Arakere, T. He,W.C. Bell, B. A. Cheeseman, C.-F. Yen, and B. Scott, A Ballistic Material Model for Cross-Plied Unidirectional Ultra-High Molecular-Weight Polyethylene Fiber-reinforced Armor-Grade Composites, Mater. Sci. Eng, A 2008, 498(1-2), p 231-241) which was found to be physically sound, but computationally not very efficient. The present model is constructed in such a way that it can be readily integrated into commercial finite element programs like ANSYS/Autodyn (ANSYS/Autodyn version 11.0, User Documentation, Century Dynamics Inc., a subsidiary of ANSYS Inc., 2007), as a User Material Subroutine. To validate the model, a series of transient nonlinear dynamics computational analyses of the transverse impact of armor-grade composite laminates with two types of bullets/projectiles is carried out and the computational results compared with their experimental counterparts. Relatively good agreement is found between the experiment and the computational analysis relative to: (a) the success of the armor panels of different areal densities in defeating the bullets at different initial bullet velocities; (b) postmortem spatial distribution of the damage modes and the extents within the panels; (c) the temporal evolution of the armor-panel back-face bulge; and (d) The existence of three distinct armor-penetration stages (i.e., an initial filament shearing/cutting dominated stage, an intermediate stage characterized by pronounced filament/matrix debonding/decohesion, and a final stage associated with the extensive filaments extension and armor-panel back-face bulging).

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Title: Material Modeling and Ballistic-Resistance Analysis of Armor-Grade Composites Reinforced with High-Performance Fibers
Authors: M. Grujicic
P. S. Glomski
T. He
G. Arakere
W. C. Bell
B. A. Cheeseman
Publication date: 01-12-2009
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance / Issue 9/2009
Print ISSN: 1059-9495
Electronic ISSN: 1544-1024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-009-9370-5

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