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Experimental and Numerical Studies on Ballistic Laminates on the Polyethylene and Polypropylene Matrix

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2017

P. Mayer ,
D. Pyka ,
K. Jamroziak ,
J. Pach  and
M. Bocian
P. Mayer*
Affiliation:
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of Foundry, Polymers and Automation Laboratory of PlasticsWroclaw, Poland
D. Pyka
Affiliation:
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanics, Materials Science and EngineeringWroclaw, Poland
K. Jamroziak
Affiliation:
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanics, Materials Science and EngineeringWroclaw, Poland
J. Pach
Affiliation:
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of Foundry, Polymers and Automation Laboratory of PlasticsWroclaw, Poland
M. Bocian
Affiliation:
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Department of Mechanics, Materials Science and EngineeringWroclaw, Poland
*
*Corresponding author (paulina.mayer@pwr.edu.pl)
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Abstract

The paper analyzes the issues relating to the applicability of innovative material systems for flexible composite armors. The authors made several samplings of aramid fibers (Kevlar 49) by replacing the epoxy resin base, which is often described in the literature, with the thermoplastic matrix - polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP). The samples were fired with .38 Special Full Metal Jacketed (FMJ) ammunition produced by the S&B Company, and then the process of firing was modeled in the ABAQUS program. The advantages and disadvantages of the new material system including the possibility of its use in the construction of hybrid composite armors have been presented on the basis of the results of numerical analyses and ballistic tests.

Keywords

CompositesPolymersBallistic shieldsBallistic simulations
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Research Article
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 187 - 197
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© The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2017 

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