Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7899420 | Journal of Materials Research and Technology | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
For personal protection against high kinetic energy projectiles, multilayered armor systems (MAS) are usually the best option. They combine synergistically the properties of different materials such as ceramics, composites and metals. In the present work, ballistic tests were performed to evaluate multilayered armor systems (MAS) using curaua non-woven fabric epoxy composites as second layer. A comparison to a MAS using aramid (Kevlarâ¢) fabric laminates was made. The results showed that the curaua non-woven fabric composites are suitable to the high ballistic applications, and are promising substitutes for aramid fabric laminates.
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Authors
Fábio de Oliveira Braga, Lucas Tedesco Bolzan, Fernanda Santos da Luz, Pedro Henrique Lameirão Machado Lopes, Ãdio Pereira Lima Jr., Sergio Neves Monteiro,