Accession Number:

ADD014450

Title:

Armor Penetration Resistance Enhancement.

Descriptive Note:

Patent, Filed 16 May 83, patented 12 Dec 89,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Backman, Marvin E.
• Finnegan, Stephen A.
• Whitman, Kent G.
• Sewell, Robert G.

Report Date:

1989-12-12

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

A metal cup encloses layers of armoring material to enhance the penetration resistance of a guided missile warhead to mechanical countermeasures. A layer of ceramic material is inserted in the cup followed by the insertion of at least one pair of layers consisting of a layer of metal backed by a layer of polymethylmethacrylate. The metal cup is attached to the forward end of a missile warhead section and the exterior of the cup is conformal with respect to the exterior of the warhead section. The layered materials act to blunt or break incoming projectiles, absorb their kinetic energy, and prevent their penetration into the interior of the warhead. Patents. AW

Descriptors:

• *COMPOSITE ARMOR
• *GUIDED MISSILE WARHEADS
• *PATENTS
• CERAMIC MATERIALS
• COUNTERMEASURES
• INTERNAL
• KINETIC ENERGY
• LAYERS
• MATERIALS
• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• METALS
• OPTIMIZATION
• PENETRATION
• POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE
• PROJECTILES
• RESISTANCE

Subject Categories:

• Guided Missile Warheads and Fuzes
• Armor

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE