Performance evaluation of advanced armor materials

Abstract The countries such as India, USA, China, and Japan have increased their military budget significantly. Their defence expenditure also includes development of various Armor materials for protection of their army and military vehicles from advanced weapons. In this regards, development of Armor material is considered as one of the major objectives of defence and research organization. However, various types of Armor materials have been developed, tested and are in use in various military applications. Various Armor materials include metals and alloys, polymers, ceramics and composites. The present research work related to the advanced Armor material especially composite materials. In this paper, firstly, each class of material is presented and then the literature has been studied for advanced polymeric composite material along with their physical, mechanical and ballistic impact properties. It can be concluded that several layer by layer formation of fibers with excellent tensile composite makes the composite the best selection of material for armor application.