INTELLIGENT COMPOSITE ARMOR WITH FIBER OPTIC AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MATRICES Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC B65D88/02 F41H5/04 G01M3/38 

FIELD: transport, package.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to armor protection of various objects. Composite armored tank to protect an object against kinetic striker comprises inner and outer armor layers made from aramide fibers, two fiber matrices made from optically transparent fibers arranged between armor layers and separated by interlayer made from foamed plastic, guidance device and affecting device, both connected to control device, three layers of electric-discharge matrix separated by interlayer made from foamed plastic, said matrix representing reinforcing current-conducting mesh of wire based on titanium-nickel allot with shape-memory effect, cells size being three times as small as minimum size of kinetic striker. Control unit allows determining ballistic coordinates of striker outgoing point, in the case of through penetration of tank wall and sending instruction for initiation of aforesaid affecting device. Described armor design allows determining damaged rows of fibers in every layer of optical matrix and outputting initial data for guidance and affecting devices.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of protection, possibility to carry and stoke dangerous loads.

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