Tabla de Contenidos:
  • BALLISTIC RESISTANCEOF BODY ARMOR; FOREWORD; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; STANDARD SPECIFIC ABBREVIATIONS; COMMONLY USED SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS; PREFIXES; COMMON CONVERSIONS; PURPOSE AND SCOPE; NIJ BODY ARMOR CLASSIFICATION; 2.1 Type IIA (9 mm; .40 S & W); 2.2 Type II (9 mm; .357 Magnum); 2.3 Type IIIA (.357 SIG; .44 Magnum); 2.4 Type III (Rifles); 2.5 Type IV (Armor Piercing Rifle); 2.6 Special Type; DEFINITIONS; SAMPLE REQUIREMENTS AND LABORATORY CONFIGURATION; 4.1 Test Samples; 4.1.1 Flexible Vests and Jackets; 4.1.1.1 Test Sample Sizes; 4.1.1.2 Sample Utilization.
  • 4.1.2 Hard Armors and Plate Inserts4.1.2.1 Type III; 4.1.2.2 Type IV; 4.1.3 Accessory Ballistic Panels; 4.1.4 Workmanship; 4.1.5 Labeling; 4.1.5.1 Ballistic Panels; 4.1.5.1.1 Labeling Requirements for Armors Listed on the NIJ Compliant Products List; 4.1.5.2 Armor Carriers With Nonremovable Ballistic Panels; 4.1.5.3 Label Permanency and Durability; 4.1.6 Armor Carriers With Removable Ballistic Panels; 4.1.7 Armors With Built-In Inserts or Trauma Packs; 4.2 Laboratory Configuration and Test Equipment; 4.2.1 Range Configuration; 4.2.1.1 Ambient Test Conditions; 4.2.1.2 Range Preparation.
  • 4.2.1.3 Instrumentation4.2.2 Test Rounds and Barrels; 4.2.2.1 Handloads; 4.2.2.2 Test Barrels; 4.2.2.3 Test Barrel Fixtures; 4.2.3 Velocity Measurement Equipment; 4.2.3.1 Configuration; 4.2.4 Armor Submersion Equipment; 4.2.5 Armor Backing Material; 4.2.5.1 Backing Material Fixture; 4.2.5.2 Fixture Construction; 4.2.5.3 Backing Material; 4.2.5.4 Backing Material Surface Preparation; 4.2.5.5 Backing Material Conditioning; 4.2.5.6 Backing Material Consistency Validation; FLEXIBLE ARMOR CONDITIONING PROTOCOL; HARD ARMOR CONDITIONING PROTOCOL; 6.1 Purpose and Scope; 6.2 Pretest Parameters.
  • 6.2.1 Storage of Armors6.2.2 Pretest Calibrations; 6.2.3 Test Conditions; 6.2.3.1 Air Temperature; 6.2.3.2 Relative Humidity; 6.2.3.3 Armor Drop Test; 6.2.3.4 Test Duration; 6.2.3.5 Monitoring Conditioning Chamber Parameters; 6.3 Laboratory Configuration and Test Equipment; 6.3.1 General Parameters; 6.3.1.1 Facility Design; 6.3.1.2 Test Sensors and Measurements; 6.3.1.3 Humidity Generation; 6.3.1.3.1 Water Purity; 6.3.2 Controls; 6.3.3 Test Interruption; 6.3.4 Conditioning Procedure; BALLISTIC TEST METHODS; 7.1 Purpose and Scope; 7.2 Test Order; 7.3 Workmanship Examination.
  • 7.3.1 Armor Carriers and Ballistic Panel Covers7.3.2 Ballistic Panels; 7.3.3 Label Examination; 7.4 Sampling; 7.5 Sample Acclimation; 7.5.1 Inserts; 7.6 Fair Hit Requirements for All Ballistic Tests; 7.6.1 Minimum Shot-to-Edge Distance; 7.6.2 Minimum Shot-to-Shot Distance; 7.7 Backing Material Preparation and Sample Mounting for All Ballistic Tests; 7.7.1 Backing Material Fixture Preparation; 7.7.2 Mounting Armor for Ballistic Testing; 7.7.2.1 Strapping; 7.7.2.2 Remounting of Armor; 7.7.2.3 Backing Material Fixture Positioning; 7.8 Perforation and Backface Signature Test (P-BFS).