Response Window: Thin Plate Impact

Results from this model include:

• Plate Bending Stiffness
• Kinetic energy of projectile and plate on impact
• energy of deformation and static equivalent force
• force and tensile stresses per unit length at wave edge
• equivalent moments at wave edge, bolt pull out and shear stresses
• optimal number of bolts for survival of ballistic event
• radial elongation of plate
• optimal bolt gap spacing due to in-plane and bending displacement
• optimal support contact length and spacer height to avoid armor and structural collision during ballistic event.

Variant Analysis for thin plate impact: Comparing static equivalent force with plate size.

A variant analysis can be carried out with any model input giving results for % damage at impact % Energy in Bending, static equivalent forces and equivalent force per unit length, bolt stresses and factors of safety.