5.56x45 SS109 impact on an armox 500T plate

Edouard Ferry_20577
Edouard Ferry_20577
Altair Employee
edited July 8 in Altair Exchange

Overview

Bullet impact

The presentation focuses on a ballistic impact quarter model. The bullet considered is a 5.56 x 45 SS109. The target is a 6.5mm 500T Armox steel plate.

This article includes:

  • A ready to use Altair Radioss model of the bullet impacting the steel plate
    • Altair Radioss version is 2023.0.1 and later
    • The unit system is g, mm, ms, MPa
    • This model deals with STANAG 4569 level 1, and EN1522 FB5 and FB6 levels bullet.
  • A full report describing the Radioss setup and videos of the results.

Context

Ballistic protective plates have to abide by different standards, depending on their material and applications. Some examples of these standards are STANAG 4569 or EN1522. The 5.56x45 SS109 bullet is part of some of the standards, with varying impact velocities.

Usage/Installation Instructions

The ballistic impact model is a rad file that can be imported in HyperMesh and that can be run with Radioss v2023.0.1.

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Comments

  • pohan
    pohan Altair Community Member
    edited May 29

    Hello, thank you very much for your work.

    I downloaded the video. However, it can not be open. Please check it.

     

  • Edouard Ferry_20577
    Edouard Ferry_20577
    Altair Employee
    edited July 8
    pohan said:

    Hello, thank you very much for your work.

    I downloaded the video. However, it can not be open. Please check it.

     

    Hello pohan,

    Thanks for letting us know. I updated the video file and it should work fine now. Could you check on your side please?
    Sorry for the inconvenience.

    Best regards,
    Edouard

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