Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
775 Texas A&M University-Kingsville (142663)
Principal Investigator: Alam, S.
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 799,986
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 7/1/23 - 6/30/27
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Engineering
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Study of damage mechanics and material response of composite armror by multi-scale modeling and testing
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
Department of Defense
CFDA Link: DOD
12.630
Program Title:
none
CFDA Linked: Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering
Note:
1.1.1. The overarching research goal of this proposal is to increase the fundamental knowledge and understanding in impact damage mechanism on composite panel/armor systems, involving multiscale modeling, and development and testing new material systems for better damage tolerance. The research objectives of this proposal are to (i) understand composite armor’s material response to ballistic impact and ensuing damage mechanisms through multiscale modeling and testing, (ii) determine the initiation of matrix cracking, ceramic fracture, fiber breakage and the corresponding impact loads; (iii) determine the energy needed to initiate and propagate delamination; (iv) determine the extent of deformation and delamination as a function of the applied impact load; (v) determine contact and bond information associated with delamination growth; and (vi) find areal density and absorbed energy of armor samples
Discussion: No discussion notes