Projectiles, Penetrators and Armor

Capabilities

Advanced materials, engineered at the nano-scale level are providing breakthrough capabilities for projectiles, penetrators, and armors. Key to their development is the ability to model nano-mechanical behavior so as to formulate constitutive laws for higher scale simulations. ES3 provides analytical simulation support and application of coatings to developers of projectiles, penetrators, and armor.

An atomic force microscope image of a Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate specimen indented by a Berkovich tip (left) validates a nano-scale simulation (right).

Advancing Aerospace Technologies for More Than 20 Years