Application in the field of armor protection
Sintered silicon carbide ceramic for army have excellent elastic resistance, in the existing special ceramic material system, the cost-effective advantage is obvious, is considered to be the most potential development of high-performance bulletproof armor materials, in recent years in individual equipment, army armored weapon platform, helicopter and police, civilian special vehicles and other armored protection fields have been more and more widely used.
Application of silicon carbide ceramics in Army armored weapon platform
Silicon carbide ceramic bulletproof are currently a key material for the U.S. Army to gain lighter forces while maintaining heavy force lethality and survivability. The high hardness, high compression strength and high elastic modulus of silicon carbide provide excellent protection ability that is conducive to destroying high-speed projectiles. Compared with the traditional steel protection plate, the bulletproof ceramic composite armor composed of silicon carbide ceramic panel and advanced composite backplane has low price and light weight, which can reduce the mass by more than 60%. For the manufacture of trunk panels (SAPI, ESAPI, XSAPI), side panels (ESBI, MSAP, SSAPI) and vehicle (HMMWV) doors and seats.
