Protection performance of aluminum matrix ceramic ball composite materials plate for hypervelocity impact based on FE-SPH adaptive method

Abstract

Space debris is a major threat to the safety of spacecraft in orbit, and advanced protective materials with lightweight and high impact resistance are effective passive protection solutions. In order to investigate the hypervelocity impact protection performance of aluminum matrix ceramic ball composite materials plate, this paper has carried out the hypervelocity impact test of aluminum matrix ceramic ball composite materials plate, and verified the accuracy of the numerical model based on the FE-SPH adaptive method, and then carried out a comparative study on the hypervelocity impact protection performance of aluminum plate and aluminum matrix ceramic ball composite materials plate with the same area density. The results show that: compared with the aluminum plate conditions, the composite materials plate has a better ability to broken the projectile. Compared with the aluminum plate, the kinetic energy absorbed by the composite materials plate is increased by 37.04%, and the kinetic energy of the generated debris cloud decreased by 69.57%. The proportion of the internal energy dissipation of the composite materials impact system reaches up to 72.03%. The secondary pollution generated by the composite materials plate is less and the hazardous debris have less threat to the rear wall. The research in this paper can provide reference for the selection of hypervelocity impact protection materials.