A New Approach for Protection against Ejection Trajectory of Scabbed Materials of Ultrahigh-Performance Concrete under Projectile Impact
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 35, Issue 9
Abstract
Scabbing on the rear face of concrete under impact produces fragments that act as additional projectiles causing fatality or severe damage to the occupants or systems. Ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC) has outstanding properties and has proven efficacy in the impact-resistant design of structures. However, the potential damage due to the impact of fragments of scabbed pieces still prevails. This study developed a new approach for preventing ejection of scabbed materials of UHPC under single and repeated bullet impact (using a single-stage gas gun facility). The ejection of scabbed materials was controlled using woven carbon–epoxy and glass–epoxy laminated composite sheets attached to the rear face of UHPC samples. The ejection of scabbed pieces was controlled in UHPC targets with composite backing in the case of both single and repeated impact under similar conditions. Furthermore, a numerical simulation based on nonlinear finite-element code was performed for repeated impact on a UHPC target with a carbon–epoxy laminated composite. The results of the numerical simulation had a good agreement with the experimental data. Thus, the synergistic effects of steel fiber–reinforced UHPC with composite backing can be used to enhance the impact performance of UHPC.
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Acknowledgments
Support from the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) offered by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India is gratefully acknowledged by the first author. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of Ph.D. Scholar Santanu Choudhury of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay for help regarding the use of the high-speed camera.
Author contributions: Nabodyuti Das: conceptualization, methodology, formal analysis, validation, investigation, resources, data curation, writing (original draft), writing (review), and editing; Bhaskar Ramagiri: conceptualization, methodology, investigation, writing, and editing; and Prakash Nanthagopalan: conceptualization, writing (review), editing, and supervision.
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Volume 35 • Issue 9 • September 2023
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Received: Sep 7, 2022
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