Method for designing and making a plural-layer composite armor system
US8226873B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 31, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29K2995/0089
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention's stratified composite system of armor, as typically embodied, comprises a backing stratum and a strike stratum that includes elastomeric matrix material and low-density ceramic elements embedded therein and arranged (e.g., in one or more rows and one or more columns) along a geometric plane (or plural parallel geometric planes) corresponding to the front surface of the strike stratum. Some inventive embodiments also comprise a spall-containment stratum fronting the strike stratum. The density of the low-density ceramic material is in the approximate range 2.0-3.0 g/cm3. In the strike stratum, the volume ratio of the low-density ceramic material to the elastomeric matrix material is in the approximate range 4-20. The present invention's emulative method for designing an inventive armor system typically involves configurative change of the inventive armor system's low-density ceramic material vis-à-vis another armor system's high-density ceramic material so that the respective ceramic material areal densities are equal.
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