Ultra-high performance concrete targets against high velocity projectile impact – a-state-of-the-art review

• Published in: International journal of impact engineering Vol. 160; p. 104080
• Main Authors: Liu, Jian, Li, Jun, Fang, Jianguang, Su, Yu, Wu, Chengqing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2022; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Concrete; Constitutive models; Dynamic loads; Empirical and semi-empirical formulae; Fiber reinforcement; High-velocity projectile impact (HVPI); Material properties; Mathematical models; Military engineering; Numerical simulations; Physical tests; Projectiles; State-of-the-art reviews; Ultra high performance concrete; Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC); Numerical simulations; Physical tests; High-velocity projectile impact (HVPI); Empirical and semi-empirical formulae; Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC)

•Multiaxial mechanical behaviour and rate sensitivity of UHPC are discussed.•Effects of fibre, coarse aggregate, binder and structural reinforcement on UHPC against HVPI are discussed.•UHPC models, modelling techniques and algorithms are summarized and commented.•Existing empirical formulae and semi...