Kuşhan, Melih CemalDaz, BatuhanÜnalır, TolgaÇetin, BarışGöde, EnginKuşhan, Canatay BattalTonbul, KürşatGürü, MetinYang, HuachaoWong, Kok Hoe2025-02-282025-02-282024-10-272662-3161https://hdl.handle.net/11693/116999Conference Name: International Conference on Advanced Energy Materials, Devices and Systems Date of Conference: 27-28 June 2024In this paper, preliminary results of the use of closed-cell aluminum foams with different densities, an innovative material, in ceramic-faced armor systems are presented. Within the scope of this study, aluminum foams of different densities were sandwiched with a well-pressed UHMWPE (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) composite plate and used as a backing plate in the ceramic-faced armor system, and the effect of density of closed-cell aluminum foams was investigated. In the armor design in this study; Polyurea was used as the encapsulation polymer, alumina with high compressive strength and hardness to deform ammunition, UHWMPE to absorb energy and closed-cell aluminum foam to absorb energy were used. Within the scope of this paper; ballistic tests were performed on armor samples prepared with three different densities (0.30 g/cm3, 0.38 g/cm3 and 0.50 g/cm3) of aluminum foam against 7.62 mm x 63 M2 AP ammunition defined at Level 4 in NIJ 0108.01 standard and the test results were presented. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024.EnglishCC BY 4.0 DEED (Attribution 4.0 International)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Aluminum foamBallistic protective materialsCeramic armor systemConference Paper10.1007/978-981-97-8883-5_1