| 摘要 |
<p>The invention provides a composite armor plate for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high-velocity projectiles, the plate comprising a single internal layer of pellets which are bound and retained in plate form by an elastic material, substantially internally within the elastic material, such that the pellets are bound in a plurality of spaced-apart rows and columns, the pellets being made of ceramic material, and the pellets being substantially fully embedded in the elastic material so that the pellets form an internal layer, the pellets (6) being characterized by a substantially regular geometric cross-sectional area, the cross-sectional area being substantially polygonal with rounded corners (10) and wherein a majority of each of the pellets (6) is in direct contact with six adjacent pellets (6) in the same layer to provide mutual lateral confinement therebetween. <IMAGE></p> |
