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Recent Developments on Ballistic Performance of Composite Materials of Naval Relevance

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Dynamic response and failure of composites of naval relevance is important to assess the safety of warships. While the damage and residual properties of composite materials under low velocity impact has been widely investigated, ballistic performance of composites of naval relevance has not yet been fully understood. This chapter shows recent developments of high-speed impact performance of composites, including both analytical and numerical models as well as experimental data of ballistic response of carbon, glass and hybrid carbon/glass fiber reinforced vinylester composites at different temperatures and environmental conditions. Results include residual velocity against impact velocity as well as ballistic limit for all materials investigated. A good agreement is observed between experimental and analytical results.

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Authors are indebted to Dr. Yapa Rajapakse and Office of Naval Research (ONR) for financial support of this research trough the Solid Mechanics Program.

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  1. Materials Science Department (ETSI Caminos, Canales y Puertos), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Vicente Sánchez-Gálvez, David A. Cendón, Rafael Sancho & Francisco Gálvez

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Sánchez-Gálvez, V., Cendón, D.A., Sancho, R., Gálvez, F. (2020). Recent Developments on Ballistic Performance of Composite Materials of Naval Relevance. In: Lee, S. (eds) Advances in Thick Section Composite and Sandwich Structures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31065-3_6

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