Interface defeat

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Interface defeat is when a ceramic armour system, typically on an armoured fighting vehicle, defeats a kinetic energy penetrator at the ceramic's front surface. Above a certain impact velocity, known as the transition velocity, interface defeat can no longer occur and either penetration or perforation of the ceramic occurs.

[edit] References

• Lundberg, Patrik (2004). "Interface Defeat and Penetration: Two Modes of Interaction between Metallic Projectiles and Ceramic Targets" (PDF). . Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis Retrieved on 2006-07-24.