HUOZiyi, HEChenglong, JIASong, YANGKexu, MAOXiang, HUANGZhixin, PUYanrong
Acta Armamentarii. 2025, 46(9):
240807.
The ceramic/fiber composite ballistic plates are widely used in personal protection equipment. Studying the performance of ballistic plate subjected to multi-impacts is of great significance for reducing the number of casualties in the battlefield.This paper investigates the Al2O3/UHMWPE composite ballistic plate,focusing on numerical simulations conducted for various bullet impact points.The reliability of the simulated results is validated by comparing with the experimental results.The relationship between the energy absorption and damage characteristics of the ballistic plate is derived from the ceramic and fiber damage results,and the penetration probability of the next impact is effectively calculated.The results indicate that the damage patterns of ballistic plates are roughly the same and the impact resistance of ceramic layer at the joint decreases.when the impact point of the first bullet is located at the center of a ceramic plate,within the gap between two plates,or at the gap of quadrilateral jointing.Specifically,when the impact point of the first bullet is located at the center of ceramic plate,the subsequent bullets tend to penetrate through the gap between adjacent plates.As the proximity between successive impacts decreases,the energy absorption by the ceramic layer diminishes while the energy absorbed by the fiber layer increases.When two impact points are located parallelly and diagonally apart,the middle ceramic plate does not suffer macroscopic damage due to the joint structure.When the first impact point is in the center of the ceramic plate,the penetration probability of the second impact is 1.04%.When the first impact point is in the center of the ceramic plate,and the second impact point is in the horizontal adjacent center,the four corners of the gap,or the diagonal adjacent center,the penetration probability of the third impact on the ballistic plate is 5.45%,7.35%,and 5.05%,respectively.This method can be used to quickly evaluate the resistance of damaged equipment to multiple penetrations.