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Effects of temperature and humidity on high-strength p-aramid fibers used in body armor

April 14, 2020
Author(s)
Amy E. Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Faraz A. Burni, Emilien Guigues, Shefei Jiang, Vivian Yu, Thang Huynh, Zois Tsinas, Deborah Jacobs, Amanda Forster
To improve the reliability and design of body armor, it is imperative to understand the failure modes and the degradation rates of the materials used in armor. Despite the best efforts of manufacturers, some vulnerability of armor materials to aging due to

Tensile Testing of Aged Flexible Unidirectional Composite Laminates for Body Armor

September 27, 2019
Author(s)
Amy E. Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Faraz A. Burni, Amanda L. Forster
Flexible Unidirectional (UD) composite laminates are commonly being used for ballistic- resistant body armor. These laminates are comprised of UD layers, each constructed by laminating thin layers of high-performance fibers held in place using binder

Protocols for tensile testing flexible unidirectional composite laminates

April 27, 2019
Author(s)
Amy E. Engelbrecht-Wiggans, Ajay Krishnamurthy, Faraz A. Burni, William A. Osborn, Amanda L. Forster
Many body armor designs incorporate unidirectional (UD) laminates. UD laminates are constructed of thin layers of high performance yarns where the yarns in each layer are oriented parallel to each other and held in place using binder resins and thin
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