Accession Number:

ADA528214

Title:

Dynamic Response and Failure Mechanisms of Layered Ceramic-Elastomer-Polymer/Metal Composites

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Jan 2006-31 Dec 2009

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA UNIV SAN DIEGO LA JOLLA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS

Personal Author(s):

• Nemat-Nasser, Siavouche

Report Date:

2010-08-20

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

A thorough study through a combination of ballistic and impact experiments, microscopic failure characterization, and numerical simulations has been carried out in order to decipher the underlying mechanisms involved in the interaction between a blast andor a blast-induced high-velocity projectile and advanced ceramic-polymer and metal-polymer composites, resulting in an improved ballistic efficiency and impact- and blast-resistant structural system.

Descriptors:

• *POLYMERS
• *FAILURE(MECHANICS)
• *METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
• *ELASTOMERS
• *CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES
• *DYNAMIC RESPONSE
• MICROSCOPY
• BLAST
• NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
• IMPACT TESTS
• STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES
• PROJECTILES
• COMPOSITE MATERIALS
• FATIGUE TESTS(MECHANICS)
• RESISTANCE

Subject Categories:

• Polymer Chemistry
• Ceramics, Refractories and Glass
• Laminates and Composite Materials
• Elastomers and Rubber

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE