The analysis of the parameters of the materials used for antiterrorist safety shields in marine vessels

Selected parameters of steel for constructional ballistic shields used in the Navy vessels have been presented. The standards for steel to be used for ballistic shields are established by safety standards institutions and committees. The analysis has been made upon currently available national and international steel types. The analysis made allowed to select the types of steel with the best parameters to be used for ballistic safety shields in marine vessels and give the direction for further research determined by contemporary threats of both military and terroristic nature. The paper presents inter alia: macroscopic images of a crater filled with the remains of grinded and eroded rifle missile with traces of adiabatic shear in the cut of steel disc, the diagram of a vessel of special purpose equipped with shields made of metal plates the Polish Register of Marine Vessels requirements for mechanical parameters of mild-alloy steel and welded joints of high resistance, the stress - strain diagram for steel 10GHMBA-E620T in speed of movement function, chemical constitution and resistance properties of representative steels used for ballistic shields on American and Japanese naval ships, chemical constitution of selected Swedish steels of high resistance applied for ballistic shields.