Abstract
Hagg & Sankey method assesses the functionality of containment rings, which prevent perforation of an aircraft's elements from turbine engine disc fragments after disc burst. However, the method assumption was based on studies of mechanism of destruction of ballistic shields made of among others ceramics, by small arms bullets. The hard ceramic facing of the ballistic shield blunts the projectile and breaks up the projectile's hard core used for armour piercing. As an impact result, a conoid of finely pulverized ceramic dust is formed, absorbing energy in the formation process. The dust, containing the remnants of the projectile's energy hits the backing, but is now spread over a larger area. With backings made of fibre, energy is absorbed in stretching, breaking and delamination. With backings made of ductile metal, energy is absorbed in elastic deformation. Modification of the method consisted of taking into account the stratification of the ceramic-metal composite and the occurrence of an aircraft stiffened skin, in order to better assess the effectiveness of ballistic shields. The concept of estimating the resistance was based on the described destruction mechanism, where the object of analysis is a metal containment ring with an additional ceramic protective ballistic shield. A comparison of two scenarios- with and without an additional 2 mm aluminum alloy skin was taken into account. For this particular scenario, results were sufficient for both of the two analyzed endurance criteria.
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