Modeling and Simulation of Ballistic Penetration of Ceramic-Polymer-Metal Layered Systems

Table 2

Numerical simulations.

Number of tiles × thickness [mm]	Bonding	Polymer	[m/s]	/
1 × 38.1	Free	No	1030	0.502	0.842	0
			1100	0.757	0.775	0
			1160	1.038	0.718	0
	Tied	No	1030	0.136	0.957	0
			1100	0.194	0.942	0
			1160	0.617	0.828	0
3 × 12.7	Free	No	1030	1.182	0.628	0
			1100	1.377	0.591	0
			1160		0	0.233
	Free	Yes	1030	1.532	0.518	0
			1100		0	0.183
			1160		0	0.357
	Tied	Yes	1030		0	0.115
			1100		0	0.233
			1160		0	0.304
6 × 6.35	Free	No	1030	1.026	0.677	0
			1100	1.334	0.603	0
			1160		0	0.219
	Free	Yes	1030		0	0.275
			1100		0	0.352
			1160		0	0.388
	Tied	Yes	1030		0	0.301
			1100		0	0.355
			1160		0	0.417