The literature has emphasised the huge potential of using recycled waste ceramic
aggregate (RWCA) as a substitute material for fine and coarse aggregates either as …

Ceramic materials have been extensively used as armour materials for nearly 50 years and
continue to attract great interest in the field of defense technology. As confinement is crucial …

Ballistic penetration is a serious threat to military vehicles. Honeycomb structure is one of the
most focused solution to improve the ballistic performance due to its great lightweight design …

Functionally gradient materials (FGMs) primarily composed of a discretely layered structure
with relatively sharp macroscopic interfaces are highly susceptible to interlayer failure under …

The bionic strategy is regarded as a highly effective design approach for honeycomb
structures. To improve the crushing resistance of the honeycombs, some novel bio …

A novel multi-layered composite armor system is proposed for ballistic protection in the
present study. The composite armor is composed of a ductile metal front, followed by a …

The ballistic reliability of composite armors is significantly affected by the random material
properties. In this paper, the mosaic SiC ceramics/ultra high molecular weight polyethylene …

While an ultralight sandwich construction with cellular core can be tailored to exhibit
superior load-bearing capability and blast resistance, its ballistic performance is typically …

Predictive models are an important tool in the design and optimization of ballistic shields.
Indeed, several authors in the literature have developed numerical models for simulating …

The present study discusses experimental and numerical investigations on the dynamic
response of functionally graded plates subjected to normal and oblique ballistic impact …