Michael A. Riley

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Wind-Tunnel Model Scale and Estimates of Wind Effects on Low-Rise Buildings

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Michael A. Riley, Emil Simiu

Although the wind load provisions of many modern building codes are based on the results of wind tunnel testing, some effects of model scale and pressure tap

Linking Theory to Practice: Predicting Ballistic Performance from Mechanical Properties of Aged Body Armor

August 24, 2020

Author(s)

Amanda L. Forster, Dennis D. Leber, Amy E. Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Virginie A. Landais, Allen Chang, Emilien J. Guigues, Guillaume Messin, Michael A. Riley

It has long been a goal of the body armor testing community to establish an individualized, scientific-based protocol for predicting end-of-life of fielded body

Towards Building Simulation Tools for Next Generation Soft Body Armour Testing Standards

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Steven P. Mates, Amanda L. Forster, Michael A. Riley, Kirk D. Rice, Juliana Ivancik

Accurate simulation tools for soft body armour testing would vastly improve test designers ability to optimize and refine standards by supplying quantitative

Long-Term Stability of UHMWPE Fibers

February 18, 2015

Author(s)

Amanda L. Forster, Aaron M. Forster, Joannie W. Chin, Chiao-Chi Lin, Sylvain H. Petit, Kai-Li Kang, Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Michael A. Riley, Kirk D. Rice

The superior performance of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fi bers is predicated on the development of a highly aligned molecular structure that

Investigations of Near-Edge Ballistic Impacts on Law Enforcement Body Armor

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Kirk D. Rice, Amanda L. Forster, Michael A. Riley, Nicholas Paulter

In 2005 and 2006, two law enforcement officer-involved shootings resulted in injuries to the officers when bullets were not stopped in the officers' body armor

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