A meso-scale unit-cell based material model for the single-ply flexible-fabric armor

Materials and Design

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3690-3704

  Grujicic, M ^a   Bell, W C ^a   Arakere, G ^a   He, T ^a   Cheeseman, B A ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic performance; Flexible armor; High performance fibers; Meso scale unit cell material model

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE; DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE; EXPLICIT FINITE ELEMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD ANALYSIS; FLEXIBLE ARMOR; FREE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBERS; MATERIAL MODELS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MESO-SCALE UNIT-CELL MATERIAL MODEL; MESOSCALE; NEW MODEL; PHYSICAL ASPECTS; SHELL ELEMENT; UNIT CELLS; USER SUBROUTINE;

ARMOR; BALLISTICS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FABRICS; MATERIALS; MILITARY EQUIPMENT; WEAVING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 67349229234     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Wittman RE, Rolsten RF. Armor of men and aircraft. In: Proceedings of the 12th national SAMPE symposium, SAMPE; 1967.
2. The Interceptor System. US Marine Corps. .
3. Roylance D., and Wang S.S. Penetration mechanics of textile structures ballistic materials and penetration mechanics (1980), Elsevier, Amsterdam p. 273-92
4. Shim V.P.W., Lim C.T., and Foo K.J. Dynamic mechanical properties of fabric armour. Int J Impact Eng 25 (2001) 1-15
5. Lim C.T., Shim V.P.W., and Ng Y.H. Finite element modeling of the ballistic impact of fabric armor. Int J Impact Eng 28 (2003) 13-31
6. Shahkarami A, Vaziri R, Poursartip A, Williams K. A numerical investigation of the effect of projectile mass on the energy absorption of fabric panels subjected to ballistic impact. In: Proceedings of the 20th international symposium on ballistics; 2002. p. 802-9.
7. Johnson GR, Beissel SR, Cunniff PM. A computational model for fabrics subjected to ballistic impact. In: Proceedings of the 18th international symposium on ballistics, vol. 2; 1999. p. 962-9.
8. Billon H., and Robinson D.J. Models for the ballistic impact of fabric armour. Int J Impact Eng 25 (2001) 411-422
9. Shockey D.A., Erlich D.C., and Simons J.W. Improved barriers to turbine engine fragments, US Department of Transportation (2000), SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
10. Duan Y., Keefe M., Bogetti T.A., and Cheeseman B.A. Modeling friction effects on the ballistic impact behavior of a single-ply high-strength fabric. Int J Impact Eng 31 (2005) 996-1012
11. Duan Y., Keefe M., Bogetti T.A., and Cheeseman B.A. Modeling the role of friction during ballistic impact of a high strength plain weave fabric. Int Compos Struct 68 (2005) 331-337
12. Duan Y., Keefe M., Bogetti T.A., Cheeseman B.A., and Powers B. A numerical investigation of the influence of friction on energy absorption by a high strength fabric subjected to ballistic impact. Int J Impact Eng 32 (2006) 1299-1312
13. Duan Y., Keefe M., Bogetti T.A., and Powers B. Finite element modeling of transverse impact on a ballistic fabric. Int J Mech Sci 48 (2006) 33-43
14. Zhang GM, Batra RC, Zheng J. Effect of frame size frame type and clamping pressure on the ballistic performance of soft body armor. Compos Pt B, in press.
15. Kawabata S., Niwa M., and Kawai H. The finite-deformation theory of plain-weave fabrics. Part I: The biaxial-deformation theory. J Text Inst 64 (1973) 21-46
16. Kawabata S., Niwa M., and Kawai H. The finite deformation theory of plain-weave fabrics. Part I: The uniaxial-deformation theory. J Text Inst 64 (1973) 47-61
17. Kawabata S., Niwa M., and Kawai H. The finite-deformation theory of plain-weave fabrics. Part I: The shear-deformation theory. J Text Inst 64 (1973) 62-85
18. Ivanov I., and Tabiei A. Loosely woven fabric model with viscoelastic crimped fibres for ballistic impact simulations. Int J Numer Method Eng 61 (2004) 1565-1583
19. King M.J., Jearanaisilawong P., and Socrate S. A continuum constitutive model for the mechanical behavior of woven fabrics. Int J Solid Struct 42 (2005) 3867-3896
20. Boisse P., Zouari B., and Gasser A. A mesoscopic approach for the simulation of woven fibre composite forming. Compos Sci Technol 65 (2005) 429-436
21. Peng X., and Cao J. A dual homogenization and finite element approach for material characterization of textile composites. Compos Pt B: Eng 33 (2002) 45-56
22. Shahkarami A., and Vaziri R. A continuum shell finite element model for impact simulation of woven fabrics. Int J Impact Eng 34 (2007) 104-119
23. Scott BR, Yen CF. Analytic design trends in fabric armor. In: Proceedings of the 22nd international ballistics symposium; 2005. p. 752-60.
24. ABAQUS version 6.7. User documentation, Dassault Systems; 2007.
25. Starratt D., Sanders T., Cepus E., Poursartip A., and Vaziri R. An efficient method for continuous measurement of projectile motion in ballistic impact experiments. Int J Impact Eng 24 (2000) 155-170