Penetration resistance of joint joints of constrained ceramic-metal composite structures

Abstract

Abstract Aiming at the problems of edge weakening effect and gap defects in ceramic metal composite structure, the anti-penetration performance of ceramic metal composite structure was studied. Based on the experimental study of ceramic metal composite structure against 7.62 mm armor-piercing incendiary projectile penetration, the numerical model of ceramic metal composite structure against penetration was established. According to the experimental results, the reliability of the numerical simulation method was verified, and the anti-penetration performance at the ceramic joint was analyzed. The results show that the aluminum alloy sandwich plate can provide effective support for the ceramic. With the increase of the thickness of the aluminum alloy sandwich plate, the anti-penetration performance of the composite structure is improved. The anti-penetration performance of the composite structure increases with the increase of the thickness of the UHMWPE backplane. When the backplane reaches a certain thickness threshold, increasing the thickness of the backplane cannot significantly improve the anti-penetration performance of the composite structure. Adding a certain thickness of metal separator at the joint can effectively reduce the damage of ceramics.