Ballistic armor system
An armor and a system for projectile neutralization. The armor has at least one serrated plate or louvered plate system. The serrated plate has a base, recessed lands, raised lands, and columnar projections extending from the recessed lands to the raised lands to form serrations on the serrated plate. The louvered plate system has a series of angled plates, a base, a top and a support structure connecting the louvered plates with the base and the top. The system has a serrated or louvered armor plate configured to reduce a kinetic energy of the projectile and re-orient the projectile upon rupture through the armor plate, and has a projectile-receptor configured to capture the projectile after rupture through the armor plate. Projectiles which impact on the serrated or louvered plate system have a kinetic energy thereof reduced and become re-oriented upon rupture through the serrated or louvered plate system.
1. A system for projectile neutralization, comprising:
an armor plate structure having at least two non-brittle projection members and a non-brittle retaining member joining the at least two non-brittle projection members across a central region of the armor late structure the armor late structure reduces a kinetic energy of the projectile and re-orients the projectile upon rupture through the armor plate structure;
a projectile-receptor comprising a separate unit from the armor plate structure and configured to capture the projectile after rupture through the armor plate structure,
wherein
one or more of the non-brittle projection members presents one or more surfaces for interception of the projectile in front of the projectile receptor, and
the non-brittle projection members extend across a substantial thickness of the armor plate structure.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the armor plate structure has an areal weight density less than 38 pounds per square foot.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-brittle projection member comprises a columnar projection extending from the retaining member on a side of the retaining member intercepting the projectile.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the armor plate structure comprises a louvered plate structure or a serrated plate structure.
5. A system for projectile neutralization comprising: an armor plate structure comprising a non-brittle serrated plate having a base, recessed lands, raised lands, and columnar projections extending from the recessed lands to the raised lands; and
a projectile-receptor comprising a separate unit from the armor plate structure and configured to capture the projectile after rupture through the armor plate structure,
wherein the columnar projections extend across a substantial thickness of the armor plate structure.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the armor plate structure comprises a first serrated plate and a second serrated plate, and serrations of the first serrated plate are aligned with second serrations of the second serrated plate.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the armor plate structure corn rises a first serrated plate and a second serrated plate, and first serrations of the first serrated plate are orthogonal to second serrations of the second serrated plate.
8. The system of claim 5 , wherein
the armor plate structure comprises a double serrated plate, and
first serrations on one side of the serrated plate are orthogonal to second serrations on an opposite side of the serrated plate.
9. A system for projectile neutralization comprising:
a louvered plate assembly:
a projectile-receptor comprising a separate unit from the louvered plate assembly and configured to capture the projectile after rupture through the louvered plate assembly; and
said louvered plate assembly having 1) an array of angled plates comprising-non-brittle projection members, 2) a base, 3) a top, and 4) a support structure joining the non-brittle projection members across a central region of the armor plate structure and connecting the angled plates to the base and the top,
said support structure contacting the angled plates at a plurality of interior positions removed from ends of respective ones of the angled plates.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the said support structure comprises a honeycomb aluminum structure.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein said support structure comprises a plurality of aluminum plates.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the angled plates are flat plates of constant cross-section.
13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the base comprises a contoured section to contour around objects disposed beside the louvered plate assembly so as not to interfere with a function of the objects.
14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the louvered plate assembly comprises at least one of steel, aluminum, titanium, beryllium, magnesium, copper, and alloys thereof.
15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the louvered plate assembly comprises composites of fibers in a supporting matrix.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the fibers comprise at least one of glass, aramid, carbon, basalt, boron, polypropylene, and polyethylene.
17. The system of claim 9 , wherein the louvered plate assembly comprises a ceramic as part of the louvered plate assembly.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the ceramic comprises at least one of alumina, silicon carbide, boron carbide, titanium nitride, and titanium diboride.
19. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:
a projectile-receptor disposed underneath the louvered plate assembly and comprising at least one of steel, aluminum, magaesium, copper, titanium, tantalum, and alloys or mixtures thereof.