Modeling and simulation of progressive penetration of multilayered ballistic fabric shielding

摘要

In this paper a simulation technique is developed to estimate the number of ballistic fabric sheets needed to stop an incoming projectile. Such sheets are free of any fortification by a resin. The computational approach is designed so that it can be easily implemented by a wide audience of researchers in the field, without resorting to more involved finite element formulations. This is achieved by taking advantage of the intrinsic characteristics of such fabric structures. Since the deformations of the fabric are (a) finite, (b) nonlinearly inelastic due to progressive fiber degradation and (c) dynamically coupled to the projectile, the system is highly nonlinear. A temporally adaptive, iterative scheme is developed to solve the system. Theoretical issues pertaining to convergence of the algorithm are investigated. Large-scale 3-D numerical examples are then given to illustrate the approach in determining the number of sheets needed to stop a projectile.