Author(s)

Jianhui Zhai ¹, Yufen Zhao ¹, Lu Hao ¹, Bo Shang ¹, Leilei Song ¹, Changjian Qi ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ AECC Aegis Advanced Protective Technology Co., Ltd, Tianjin, 300300, China

Corresponding Author

Leilei Song

ABSTRACT

The ballistic impact performance of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) cross-ply laminate under different fragment simulating projectiles (FSPs) is systematically investigated by commercial finite element software LS-DYNA. In order to simulate the composite laminate, sub-laminate model is used in three dimensional continuum scheme. Delamination model is characterized to simulate the bond between adjacent sub-laminates. The model is mainly validated by using the experimental result about a series of thicknesses of target composite plate under impacted by 7.5mm cubic FSP. We first study the impact process of simulated system under different impacted velocities and target thicknesses. We then use this information to investigate the energy absorption rate and ballistic performance index of target laminate in terms of a non-dimensional velocity or impacted velocity. Finally, we carry out the two sequence failure stages (local failure and bugling deformation) in numerical study and compare with others result.

KEYWORDS

Ballistic impact performance, Finite element analysis, UHMWPE, Sub-laminate

CITE THIS PAPER

Jianhui Zhai, Yufen Zhao, Lu Hao, Bo Shang, Leilei Song, Changjian Qi, Numerical investigation of ballistic impact performance about ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) under high velocity impact. Journal of Materials, Processing and Design (2024) Vol. 8: 156-166. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jmpd.2024.080120.

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