Mechanical behavior of Al/Ep cast braided metal-wire skeleton tubular structures applied to projectile shells

Yongxin Li, Enling Tang, Yafei Han, Chuang Chen, Mengzhou Chang, Kai Guo, Liping He, Key Laboratory of Transient Physical Mechanics and Energy Conversion Materials of Liaoning Provinc, Shenyang Ligong University

Journal of Composite Materials

Published online on July 28, 2026

Abstract

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Al/Ep composites cast with braided metal-wire skeleton tubular structures exhibit promising potential for hard-target penetration applications due to their synergistic combination of structural reinforcement and energetic-material characteristics. This ...