Analysis of Impact Penetration

Center for Fracture Physics is involved in the analysis of impact and penetration problems for a variety of applications. These include:

• Armor and anti-armor development.
• Light armor for vehicle protection.
• Bullet proof garment development.
• Protection of aircraft from engine failure fragments.
• Analysis of penetrating weapon design.

Some example impact and penetration simulations are shown in the figures below.

Figure 1 Ball Impact Simulation Intermediate Velocity Impact: Penetration of shell structures

Figure 2 Rod Impact Simulation Erosion and Penetration of a Ductile Rod and Target Plate

Figure 3 Rod Impact Simulation Steel Penetrator Normal Impact into Concrete.

Reference

• S.W. Kirkpatrick and J.W. Simons, "Computational and Graphical Methods for Impact Analyses," SRI International Final Technical Report, SRI Project No. 1231, Nov. 1996.

Contact Us
Don Shockey
Director, Center for Fracture Physics
Phone: 650-859-2587
Email: donald.shockey@sri.com