DYNAMIC ARMOR FOR TANKS AND BATTLE VEHICLES USING ELECTROMAGNETICALLY REINFORCED COMPRESSED FERROMAGNETIC POWDER

Abstract

The invention is the first modification of the Patent Application with number 1009231 and involves an additional system of three levels which reinforces and improves the dynamic armor of main battle tanks using compressed ferromagnetic powder and electromagnetically reinforced. The main characteristics of the first invention (DE-1009231) for the armor system of tanks and battle vehicles was the use of compressed powder from magnetized or non-magnetized ferromagnetic pulverized materials (Fe, Ni, Co) or other similar synthetic materials that enrich or enhance the desired mechanical properties and the effect of electromagnetic amplification between two solid passive armor plates. The first level (FIG. 1, 2) concerns the placement of high temperature silicone or other material of the same mechanical properties at a suitable thickness proportional to the threat, between the outer passive solid shielding plate and the compressed ferromagnetic powder. The second level (FIG. 1, 3) concerns the modification of the layer containing the ferromagnetic powder by the distribution of the ferromagnetic powder contained in pellets or cubes or rectangular parallelepipeds or other basic geometric volumes from polymeric material with viscous elasticity or other kinds of material with same mechanical properties of thin walls or alternatively its placement in a spatial network with cubic or conical or spherical partition volumes with thin walls made of polymeric material with viscoelasticity or other material with the same mechanical properties and then compress them between the plates of solid passive armor. The third level of reinforcement (FIGS. 1, 4) was achieved by placing a layer of explosive material on the visible side facing to the ferromagnetic powder of the inner passive solid shielding plate in combination with percussion, perforation and temperature sensors. The layer of the explosive may be in a single layer or be contained as based on the inside surface of each individual area of the spatial network or similarly to separate cubes or rectangular parallelepipeds.

Description

The invention is the first modification of the Patent Application with number 1009231 and involves an additional system of three levels which reinforces and improves the dynamic armor of main battle tanks using compressed ferromagnetic powder and electromagnetically reinforced. The main characteristics of the first invention (DE-1009231) for the armor system of tanks and battle vehicles was the use of compressed powder from magnetized or non-magnetized ferromagnetic pulverized materials (Fe, Ni, Co) or other similar synthetic materials that enrich or enhance the desired mechanical properties and the effect of electromagnetic amplification between two solid passive armor plates.

The first level (FIG. 1, 2) concerns the placement of high temperature silicone or other material of the same mechanical properties at a suitable thickness proportional to the threat, between the outer passive solid shielding plate and the compressed ferromagnetic powder.

The second level (FIG. 1, 3) concerns the modification of the layer containing the ferromagnetic powder by the distribution of the ferromagnetic powder contained in pellets or cubes or rectangular parallelepipeds or other basic geometric volumes from polymeric material with viscous elasticity or other kinds of material with same mechanical properties of thin walls or alternatively its placement in a spatial network with cubic or conical or spherical partition volumes with thin walls made of polymeric material with viscoelasticity or other material with the same mechanical properties and then compress them between the plates of solid passive armor.

The third level of reinforcement (FIGS. 1, 4) was achieved by placing a layer of explosive material on the visible side facing to the ferromagnetic powder of the inner passive solid shielding plate in combination with percussion, perforation and temperature sensors. The layer of the explosive may be in a single layer or be contained as based on the inside surface of each individual area of the spatial network or similarly to separate cubes or rectangular parallelepipeds.

The modern armors of tanks and battle vehicles include the use of highly complex materials from metals and composite alloys, in order to prevent their perforation by anti-tank projectiles, which are made of extremely high hardness and special weight materials, such as depleted uranium and tungsten. In addition, the active shielding systems are used, which consists of explosive plates placed on the outside of the passive shield, in order to destabilize the trajectory of the anti-tank projectile. The latest improvements of anti-tank missiles, as evidence by the experience on the battlefield, prove that the tank armor is no longer adequate. The dynamic tank armor based on compressed ferromagnetic powder and electromagnetic amplification improves the tank armor but can significantly increase its durability by using additional levels of protection.

The present invention aims to increase the efficiency of dynamic shielding by using compressed ferromagnetic powder and electromagnetic amplification. This is achieved by adding three levels of support that work as follows:

The first level of reinforcement is achieved by adding high temperature silicone or other material of the same mechanical properties to a suitable thickness proportional to the threat below the outer solid passive shield plate and improves the strength of the shield as follows: Anti-tank missiles due to high kinetic energy and their high specific weight penetrate any solid alloy armor they encounter. High temperature silicone during perforation from the antitank missile, due to its mechanical properties absorbed a portion of the thermal energy of the missile and as the high temperature silicon melt by the development of high temperature clings in the missile head and absorbed. At the same time, due to the momentum of the missile and the hot gas cone that follows, the pressure exerted by the ferromagnetic grains of the shield increases, as the high temperature molten silicone diffuses between them. The diffusion of high temperature molten silicone between the ferromagnetic grains insulates the armor from the hot gas cone that follows the missiles. The physical processes that occur in these processes are part of the theoretical framework of the non-linear turbulent flow of energy and causing phenomena of abnormal diffusion, intermittent turbulence, multifractality and strange chaotic attractors in the phase space of the system.

The second level concerns the distribution of ferromagnetic powder contained in pellets or cubes or rectangular parallelepipeds or other basic geometric volumes of polymeric material with viscoelasticity or other material with the same mechanical properties with thin-walled or alternatively its placement in spatial network with cubic or conical or spherical partition volumes with thin walls made from polymeric material with viscoelasticity or other material with the same mechanical properties and then compressed between the plates of solid passive shielding. The strengthen of the armor by applying this level is achieved, because when the compact outer plate perforated by an antitank projectile and then be perforation without penetrating the next layer, it is likely to be created an outlet hole for the compressed powder and from this due to vibrations from the movement of the vehicle can lead to its decompression. With the aforementioned distribution of powder in proportional elementary volumes and the use of spatial network, any decompression that occurs will be limited locally without affecting the operation of the whole armor.

The third level of reinforcement is achieved by placing a layer of explosive on the visible side relative to the ferromagnetic powder of the inner passive solid shielding plate in combination with percussion, perforation and temperature sensors. The layer of the explosive may be in a single layer or contained as a base on the inner surface of the interior of each separate space of the spatial network or similarly as a base on the inner surface of every each cube or rectangle or other basic geometric volumes. The explosive is activated when the data received by the system indicate a certain perforation. In this case the explosive armor activated deconstructing the armor plate with the powder cloud to be an advantage since it is difficult to injure the staff located in the nearby environment of the tank as generates less scrap, while deconstructs the kinetic energy projectile or the thermal arrow in the case of HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) missiles. In the case which the layer of explosive is the basis of the contact with the spatial network having the corresponding pattern of incisions, the explosion is limited to the parts that are perforated by the projectile.

The shield system with the silicone layer and the distributed ferromagnetic powder applied and in antiballistic plates of bulletproof jackets of personnel.

The addition of the three levels of the invention as represented in (FIG. 1) up to (FIG. 5) of example and schematically. The figures show:

In (FIG. 1), we show a cross-sectional larger incision of the modified system of the levels of dynamic armor of the tank.

In (FIG. 2), we show a cross-sectional three-dimensional larger incision of the modified system of the levels of dynamic armor of the tank.

In (FIG. 3), we show a cross sectional three-dimensional incision of the modified system of the levels of dynamic armor of the tank by removal of all the parts where is shown in detail the package of the ferromagnetic powder using cubic or spatial network.

In (FIG. 4), we show a cross-sectional three-dimensional larger incision of the modified system of the levels of dynamic armor wherein the layer of explosive material has been replaced by high-temperature silicone layer.

In (FIG. 5), we show indicatively the unitary geometrical three-dimensional shapes that can be used for the distribution of the ferromagnetic powder or the lattice construction.

In (FIG. 1) we present the modified structure of the dynamic armor of the tank or the combat vehicle in zoom-in cross-sectional view. The following modifications are included between the solid outer armor plates (FIGS. 1, 1), the inner armor plates (FIGS. 1, 5) and the electromagnetic coils (FIGS. 1, 7).: The first level of modification (FIG. 1, 2) includes a layer of high temperature silicone or other material of the same mechanical properties. The second level of modification (FIGS. 1, 3) includes the distribution of ferromagnetic powder contained in pellets or cubes or rectangular parallelepipeds of polymeric material with viscoelasticity or other material with the same mechanical properties with thin walls or their placement in lattice with cylindrical or conical or spherical distribution divided volumes with thin walls made from polymeric material with viscoelasticity or other material with the same mechanical properties. The third level of modification (FIGS. 1, 4) includes a layer of explosive material on the visible side relative to the ferromagnetic powder of the inner passive solid shield plate in combination with percussion, perforation and temperature sensors (FIGS. 1, 6). The layer of explosive may be in a single layer or be the basis of contact with the spatial network.

In (FIG. 2) we present the modified structure of the dynamic shield of the tank or the combat vehicle in three-dimensional cross-section. The layers of dynamic armor (FIG. 2, 1), (FIG. 2, 2), (FIG. 2, 3), (FIG. 2, 4), (FIG. 2, 5), following exactly the description and the numbering of (FIG. 1).

In (FIG. 3) we present the modified structure of the dynamic armor of the tank or the combat vehicle in in three-dimensional cross-section, where the parts have moved away from each other. The layers of dynamic shielding (FIG. 3, 1), (FIG. 3, 2), (FIG. 3, 3), (FIG. 3, 4), (FIG. 3, 5) and the sensors (FIG. 3, 6) following exactly the description and the numbering of (FIG. 1). For the layer of ferromagnetic powder (FIG. 3, 3) we show for example, the distribution of powder in cubes or the use of spatial network in cubes.

In (FIG. 4) we show the modified structure of the dynamic armor of the tank or the combat vehicle in three-dimensional cross-section. The layers of the dynamic armor are as follows: outer and inner solid shielding plate (FIG. 4, 1) and (FIG. 4, 5), high temperature silicone layer (FIG. 4, 2), ferromagnetic powder layer (FIG. 4, 3), high temperature silicone layer (FIG. 4, 2b).

In (FIG. 5) we present indicatively the unitary geometric three-dimensional shapes that can be used for the distribution of the ferromagnetic powder or the construction of spatial network which are: cube (FIG. 5, a), rectangular (FIG. 5, b), cylinder (FIG. 5, c), hexagonal prism (FIG. 5, d), pyramid (FIG. 5, e), sphere (FIG. 5, g), triangular prism (FIG. 5, h).

Claims

1. Additional three level system of dynamic armor of tanks and battle vehicles with the use of compressed ferromagnetic powder electromagnetically reinforced, characterized that are added at least one level, where the first level (FIG. 1, 2) concerns the placement of high temperature silicone or other material of the same mechanical properties at an appropriate thickness proportional to the threat, between the passive solid armor outer plate and the compressed ferromagnetic powder and the layer containing the ferromagnetic dust is modified (FIG. 1, 3) by the distribution of ferromagnetic powder contained in pellets or cubes or rectangular parallelepipeds or other basic geometric volumes, (FIG. 5) of polymer material having viscoelasticity or other material with the same mechanical properties with thin walls or alternatively its placement in a spatial network (FIG. 3, 3) with cubic or conical or spherical divided distribution volumes with thin walls made of polymeric material with viscoelasticity or other material having the same mechanical properties and subsequently compressing them between the solid passive shielding plates.

2. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized that it concerns as a third level (FIG. 1, 4) the placement of a layer of explosives on the visual side to the ferromagnetic powder of the inner passive solid shield plate (FIG. 1, 5) and the electromagnetic coils (FIGS. 1, 7) in combination with sensors (FIGS. 1, 6) of percussion, perforation and temperature.

3. Arrangement according to claim 2, characterized that the layer of explosive may be in a single layer (FIG. 1, 4) or contained as a base on the inner surface of each separate space of the spatial network (FIG. 3, 4) or as based on the inner surface each separate cube or each rectangular parallelepiped.

4. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized that it concerns as a third level the installation of a high temperature silicone layer (FIG. 4, 2b).

5. Arrangement according to claim 4, characterized that the armor system is applicable and in antiballistic plates of bulletproof jackets of personnel.

6. Arrangement according to claim 1, characterized that the order of levels has the following set-up: the first layer consists of ferromagnetic powder, the second layer consists of high temperature silicone and the third layer consists of ferromagnetic powder.

7. Arrangement according to claim 2, characterized that the armor system is also applicable to other armored constructions.