title: Analysis of impact of rigid projectiles on compound targets.
abstract: We developed a model to simulate a person, with and without protective armor, being subjected to an impact of a high speed, rigid projectile. The complex nature of the head and chest are simulated in our layered, spaced, various thickness targets made of different materials. A rigid projectile-target interaction model is described. Target resistance force was obtained from a generalized Poncelet equation. Good agreement between observed and computed penetration phenomena was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanics Engineering of Taiyuan, Institute of Machinery, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot