Abstract: The dynamic responses of projectile-borne electronic devices which are protected by encapsulating material under impact loading are studied through numerical simulation. A LS-DYNA user defined material subroutine is established according to the ZWT nonlinear viscoelastic model which is used for simulating the dynamic response of the encapsulating material in the projectile. The simulations of projectile penetration were performed by adjusting the controllable parameters of ZWT model, such as nonlinear elasticity modulus, low strain rate Maxwell elastic constant, high strain rate Maxwell elastic constant, high strain rate Maxwell relaxation time and material density. Thus the dynamic responses of projectile-borne electronic devices could be obtained from the numerical results. The research results show that the shock absorption and protection effects of the encapsulating materials are better when the values of nonlinear elasticity modulus, low strain rate Maxwell elastic constant, high strain rate Maxwell relaxation time and material density are decreased. Key

Key words: ordnancescienceandtechnology, nonlinearviscoelasticmodel, electronicdevice, numericalsimulation