Identification of the selected parameters of the model in the process of ballistic impact

Purpose: Analysis of the process of overshooting the material with high speed refers to the identification of certain properties of elasto-dissipative materials. The result of this identification is to determine the value of deformation on the basis of changes in the speed of the projectile inside the material until it stops or overshoot this material. Design/methodology/approach: On the basis of the proposed dynamic models of piercing the material using energy balance equations, dissipation of the energy of mass which strikes the shield has been described. Findings: Dependence of the values of elastic energy and dissipative energy has been derived based on the energy balance equations whose values determine the sensitivity of the analyzed parameters of the dynamic models of the overshooting process. Research limitations/implications: Dynamic models have been analyzed and the impact energy balance equations have been derived. Those equations were the basis to determine the constants and to show their mathematical and graphical interpretation. Practical implications: Derivation of the dependence for the constants, which are characteristic for the energy balance equations, allowed to describe by dependencies the selected parameters of the model, whose identification may be performed using a special quasi-statistical tests on special stand or in the manner as described. Originality/value: Presented work including the identification of piercing the ballistic shield is a part of work on the implementation of the degenerated models to describe these phenomena.