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Advanced Modeling Strategies for the Analysis of Tile-Reinforced Composite Armor

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A detailed investigation of the deformation mechanisms in tile-reinforced armored components was conducted to develop the most efficient modeling strategies for the structural analysis of large components of the Composite Armored Vehicle. The limitations of conventional finite elements with respect to the analysis of tile-reinforced structures were examined, and two complementary optimal modeling strategies were developed. These strategies are element layering and the use of a tile-adhesive superelement. Element layering is a technique that uses stacks of shear deformable shell elements to obtain the proper transverse shear distributions through the thickness of the laminate. The tile-adhesive superelement consists of a statically condensed substructure model designed to take advantage of periodicity in tile placement patterns to eliminate numerical redundancies in the analysis. Both approaches can be used simultaneously to create unusually efficient models that accurately predict the global response by incorporating the correct local deformation mechanisms.

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  1. Army Research Laboratory, Vehicle Technology Center, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 23681, U.S.A.

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Dávila, C.G., Chen, TK. Advanced Modeling Strategies for the Analysis of Tile-Reinforced Composite Armor. Applied Composite Materials 7, 51–68 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008923521077

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