Opportunities in Protection Materials Science and Technology for Future Army Applications (2011) / Chapter Skim
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6 The Path Forward
6 The Path Forward
Pages 99-108
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NEW THREAT Armor Concept Select from Materials Research (Geometry Available and Development Configuration) Materials Fail Pass Make & Shoot Ballistic Shoot or Evaluation Model Model Fail Modeling and Select from M&S Pass Simulation Available Evaluation Research and Models/Codes Development NEW ARMOR FIGURE 6-1 Current paradigm for armor design.
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This path connects the armor design process to the materials research and development community through canonical models to deal with the restricted information problem. The elements of armor system design are not themselves new, but the emphasis shifts from design-make-shoot-redesign to rapid simulation iterations, and from designing with off-the-shelf-materials to designing that explores mate rials for their protective properties.
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The new paradigm can be focused on the most promising opportunities in lightweight protection materials, bring- Successful implementation of the new paradigm can, ing such current products as ceramic plates and polymer fiber by dint of the insights gained from modeling and simulamaterials well beyond their present state of performance and tion, give armor system designers the freedom to work with opening the possibility for radically new armor system solu- novel as well as established materials to meet performance tions to be explored and optimized in tens of months rather requirements. It can identify more rapidly than in the past than tens of years.
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The first objective is to predict the ballistic This overarching recommendation requires actions in and blast performance of candidate materials and materi four important elements of the PMD initiative: als systems as a prelude to the armor design process. The second objective is to define requirements that will guide Element 1 -- Fundamental Understanding of Mechanisms the synthesis, processing, fabrication, and evaluation of of Deformation and Failure Due to Ballistic and Blast protection materials.
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The Department of Defense should als. Development of adhesives and active brazing/ establish a program of sustained investment in basic and ap- soldering materials and their processing methods plied research in advanced materials and processing, under to match the elastic impedance of current materials the director of the PMD initiative program, with particular while minimizing the thermal stresses will improve emphasis on the following: the ballistic and blast performance of panels made of bonded armor, including transparent armor.
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Intelligent manufacturing sensing and with authority and resources to accomplish the following: control capabilities are needed that can maintain low variance and produce affordable protection materials, • Plan and execute the PMD initiative and coordinate even in relatively low volumes. PMD activities across the DoD; Program Review Board Director $ $ Visiting Researchers Open PMD Restricted DoD PMD Canonical Collaboration Collaboration Models Center Center Test Services and Models / Codes Universities Other Government Labs #...
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• Links to Department of Energy labs, the National CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR THE Institute of Standards and Technology labs, and other RECOMMENDED NEW ORGANIZATIONS government labs whose research and capabilities are relevant to protection materials research. DoD Center for the PMD Initiative The essential features of the recommended organization The proposed research and development program would are as follows: require the collaboration of scientists and engineers from DoD research laboratories, other national laboratories, uni • A program director for the PMD initiative who is re- versities, independent research institutes, and commercial sponsible for planning and overseeing the execution companies in settings that can foster collaboration while of basic and applied research in both classified and maintaining boundaries for unclassified, proprietary, export unclassified settings.
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University personnel exchanges, funding and program direction, and Affiliated Research Centers (UARCs) are awarded as processes to translate classified information on threats noncompetitive DoD contracts through a provision of and materials into canonical models suitable for academic the Competition in Contracting Act (CICA)
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Each ERC provides would meet all the needs of an open PMD collaboration an environment in which academe and industry can center but that the various university and industry consortium collaborate in pursuing strategic advances in complex models have proven features that the Army could combine engineered systems and systems-level technologies to define the contract for such a center. that could spawn whole new industries or radically transform the processing technologies, product lines, Time Frame for Anticipated Advances or service delivery of current industries.
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