Lightweight, low-thickness, durable and reliable multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12325224-B2
Application number	US-202418809596-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2024
Priority date	Apr 6, 2023
Publication date	Jun 10, 2025
Grant date	Jun 10, 2025

Abstract

A lightweight, low-thickness, durable, and reliable multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial includes a ceramic layer, an ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber composite bulletproof layer, a graphene-based metamaterial filter layer, an UHMWPE fiber composite attenuation layer, and a carbon fiber composite reflective layer stacked in sequence. The two UHMWPE fiber composite layers are configured to attenuate radar waves. The circuit resonance of the graphene-based metamaterial filter layer is configured to generate a passband and a stopband simultaneously. The bulletproof layer and the attenuation layer are controlled by the graphene-based metamaterial filter layer in terms of working conditions in different radar frequency bands to establish a structure capable of generating λ/4 resonance at both low and high frequencies, so as to arrive at a stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial with small thickness and excellent dual-band radar wave absorption capability.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial, comprising:
a ceramic layer;
a bulletproof layer;
a filter layer;
an attenuation layer; and
a reflective layer;
wherein the ceramic layer, the bulletproof layer, the filter layer, the attenuation layer, and the reflective layer are stacked in sequence, and the ceramic layer serves as a projectile facing surface; the bulletproof layer is made of a first ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber composite; the filter layer is a graphene-based metamaterial layer; the attenuation layer is made of a second UHMWPE fiber composite; and the reflective layer is a carbon fiber-based composite layer;
the bulletproof layer and the attenuate layer serve to attenuate incident radar waves;
a circuit resonance of the filter layer serves to simultaneously generate a passband and a stopband for the incident radar waves;
the bulletproof layer and the attenuation layer serve to be controlled by the filter layer in terms of working conditions within different incident radar frequency bands to establish a structure capable of generating λ/4 resonance at both low and high frequencies;
the ceramic layer is formed by splicing a plurality of ceramic pieces in a shape of triangle, square, or hexagon; and
each of the plurality of ceramic pieces has a thickness a 1 of 5˜10 mm, a side length of 50˜100 mm, a density ρ 1 of 1˜5 g/cm 3 , a permittivity ε r1 of 2˜3, and a dielectric loss angle tangent value tan δ e1 of 0.001˜0.01.

2. The multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial of claim 1 , wherein the bulletproof layer is an UHMWPE fiber-resin composite layer having a thickness a 2 of 1.1˜5 mm, a density ρ 2 of 0.5˜2 g/cm 3 , a permittivity ε r2 of 5˜12, a dielectric loss angle tangent value tan δ e2 of 0.2˜0.3, a permeability μ 2 of 2˜4, a magnetic loss angle tangent value tan δ μ2 of 0.05˜0.1, a Young's modulus E 2 of 0.1˜10 GPa, a Poisson's ratio ν 2 of 0.01˜0.02, and a shear modulus G 2 of 0.1˜3 GPa.

3. The multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial of claim 2 , wherein the UHMWPE fiber-resin composite layer comprises a reinforcement, a resin matrix, a curing agent, and a wave-absorbing filler;
the reinforcement is selected from the group consisting of UHMWPE fiber plain fabric, UHMWPE fiber twill fabric, UHMWPE fiber unidirectional fabric, and a combination thereof;
the resin matrix is epoxy resin;
the curing agent is an amine-based curing agent or an anhydride-based curing agent; and
the wave-absorbing filler is selected from the group consisting of graphene, carbon nanotube, ferroferric oxide, carbonyl iron, a-Fe, and a combination thereof.

4. The multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial of claim 1 , wherein the filter layer comprises a polyimide film as a substrate and conductive graphene as a pattern layer; a total thickness a 4 of the filter layer is 0.1-0.5 mm; and sheet resistance R 4 of the filter layer is 0.1-5 Ω/sq.

5. The multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial of claim 1 , wherein the attenuation layer is an UHMWPE fiber-resin composite layer having a thickness a 3 of 0.9˜5 mm, a density ρ 3 of 0.5˜2 g/cm 3 , a permittivity ε r3 of 5˜12, a dielectric loss angle tangent value tan δ e3 of 0.2˜0.3, a permeability μ 3 of 1˜4, a magnetic loss angle tangent value tan δ μ3 of 0˜0.1, a Young's modulus E 3 of 0.1˜10 GPa, a Poisson's ratio ν 3 of 0.01˜0.02, and a shear modulus G 3 of 0.1˜3 GPa.

6. The multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial of claim 5 , wherein the UHMWPE fiber-resin composite layer comprises a reinforcement, a resin matrix, a curing agent, and a wave-absorbing filler;
the reinforcement is selected from the group consisting of UHMWPE fiber plain fabric, UHMWPE fiber twill fabric, UHMWPE fiber unidirectional fabric, and a combination thereof;
the resin matrix is epoxy resin;
the curing agent is an amine-based curing agent or an anhydride-based curing agent; and
the wave-absorbing filler is selected from the group consisting of graphene, carbon nanotube, ferroferric oxide, carbonyl iron, a-Fe, and a combination thereof.

7. The multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial of claim 1 , wherein the reflective layer is a carbon fiber-resin composite layer having a thickness as of 1˜4 mm, a density ρ 5 of 2˜4 g/cm 3 , an electrical conductivity σ 5 of 10 4 ˜10 5 S/m, a Young's modulus E 5 of 10˜300 GPa, a Poisson's ratio vs of 0.3˜0.4, and a shear modulus G 5 of 0.1˜5 GPa.

8. The multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial of claim 7 , wherein the carbon fiber-resin composite layer comprises a reinforcement, a resin matrix, and a curing agent;
the reinforcement is selected from the group consisting of carbon fiber plain fabric, carbon fiber twill fabric, carbon fiber unidirectional fabric, and a combination thereof;
the resin matrix is epoxy resin; and
the curing agent is an amine-based curing agent or an anhydride-based curing agent.

9. The multi-band radar stealth-bulletproof integrated metamaterial of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of ceramic pieces is made from boron carbide, boron nitride, alumina, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, or a combination thereof.

Assignees

• Univ North China
• Shanxi Zhongbei New Material Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Yaqing
• Han Guanyu
• Wu Chaoyang
• Zhao Guizhe

Classifications

• B32B2307/50

  having particular mechanical properties · CPC title

• B32B2307/54

  Yield strength; Tensile strength · CPC title

• B32B2264/108

  Carbon, e.g. graphite particles · CPC title

• B32B27/281

  comprising polyimides · CPC title

• B32B27/12

  next to a fibrous or filamentary layer · CPC title