Study on penetration characteristics of honeycomb aluminum

In order to analyze the mechanical properties of projectile penetrating honeycomb aluminum, a dynamic nonlinear finite element model of projectile penetrating honeycomb aluminum was established and verified by experiments. It is found that the numerical simulation results of projectile penetration into honeycomb aluminum are consistent with the acceleration variation of the test. When the projectile penetrates into the honeycomb aluminum, the acceleration waveform is trapezoidal and the peak and pulse width of the acceleration are related to the velocity of the projectile and the wall thickness of the honeycomb aluminum material. With the increase of the velocity of the projectile, the peak value of the acceleration increases and the pulse width of the acceleration decreases. With the increase of the wall thickness of honeycomb aluminum, the peak value of acceleration increases, while the pulse width of acceleration decreases.