The use of electric power in active armour applications
conference paper
Operational requirements for platforms like Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) result in a constant trade-off between protection and mobility. Mobility limits the weight of the IFV despite the fact that it needs protection against a range of threats. Subject of this paper is the (future) potential for electrokinetic armour which launches armour modules towards incoming threats, both CE and KE. This paper discusses the basics of launching target plates by electric power. The paper also discusses the results of the experimental set-ups in which interaction between launched target plates or modules and both mid-calibre ammunition (KE threat) and AT missiles (CE threat) is studied, both static and dynamic. Autodyn numerical simulations are used in both 2D and 3D to study and understand the interaction between target and KE threat in more detail. The results of this numerical study will also be discussed.
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TNO Identifier
953786
ISBN
1932078525
Publisher
DEStech Publications Inc.
Source title
22nd International Symposium on Ballistics, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 14-18 November 2005
Editor(s)
Flis, W.
Scott, B.
Scott, B.
Pages
925-932
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