Recent advances in polyurea elastomers and their applications in blast protection: a review

L Ding, Y Wang, J Lin, M Ma, J Hu, X Qiu, C Wu… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Springer
Polyurea elastomers exhibit superior mechanical properties due to their unique molecular
structure, including significant tensile strength, elongation at break, and efficient energy …

High-speed projectile perforation of nickel-based Inconel 718 superalloy plates: Experiments and modeling

YD Chen, JY Hua, D Fan, Q Liu, YG Lu, T Liu… - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding ballistic behavior of structural materials is important for their applications in
aeronautical and astronautical industries. We investigate perforation of 2-mm thick Inconel …

[HTML][HTML] Ballistic performance and mechanism of B4C/Al laminated targets with different configurations

R Zhang, Z Chao, L Jiang, S Chen, Z Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present paper explores the ballistic performance of B 4 C/6061Al laminated targets with
the typical configurations of double-layer, sandwich and gradient impacted by 7.62 mm API …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the ballistic resistance of steel/aluminum bilayer armor plates through explosive welding

Q Zhang, Y Yuan, C Zhang, Y Zhang, P Chen - Materials & Design, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents a comprehensive analysis of the ballistic response of Q235 steel/6061-
T6 aluminum bilayer plates fabricated via explosive welding, with a special focus placed on …

Large inelastic response of polyurea-coated steel plates to confined blast loading

C Zhang, Y Yuan, X Su, PJ Tan, Q Zhang, P Chen - Thin-Walled Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The large inelastic deformation performance of monolithic steel and polyurea–steel laminate
plates to confined blast loading is investigated through a combination of experiments and …

Ballistic performance of aluminum alloy plates with polyurea coatings for high-speed train structures

Y Yu, J Li, Z Xie, G Gao, MR Sheikhi, J Li - Composite Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
Polyurea coatings have been widely promoted in explosion and ballistic impact protection
applications due to their excellent hyper-elasticity performance. In rail transportation, high …

[HTML][HTML] Ballistic performance of TPU/steel configurations against spherical projectiles

I Levadnyi, F Liu, Y Gu - AIP Advances, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
In this work, we numerically and experimentally investigate the ballistic performance of
thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU)/steel configurations against spherical projectiles. We …

Novel damage criterion in database form based on component-level vulnerability assessment

B Feng, F An - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Target vulnerability assessments commonly involve large and complex components such as
engines exhibiting a lack of systematic and comprehensive representation of damage …