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Lightweight ballistic composites : military and law-enforcement applications /

Ballistic composites need to be lightweight and durable as well as exhibiting high impact resistance and damage tolerance. This important book reviews these requirements, how the materials used for ballistic composites meet them and their range of applications. After an introductory chapter, Lightwe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining
Otros Autores: Bhatnagar, Ashok
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : Cambridge, England : CRC Press ; Woodhead, 2006.
Colección:Woodhead Publishing in materials.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Contributor contact details
  • 1 Introduction
  • 146;1 History
  • 146;2 Ballistic fibers
  • 146;3 Fiber45;reinforced ballistic armor
  • 146;4 Woven ballistic materials
  • 146;5 Non45;woven lightweight armor materials
  • 146;6 Prepregs and coatings
  • 146;7 Hard and soft armor
  • 146;8 Ceramic45;faced lightweight composite armor
  • 146;9 Fabrication processes
  • 146;10 Testing of ballistic materials
  • 146;11 Ballistic threats
  • 146;12 Design of ballistic products
  • 146;13 Specifications and standards
  • 146;14 Numerical modeling of armor
  • 146;15 Applications
  • 146;16 Vehicle armor
  • 146;17 Future growth of fiber45;reinforced armor
  • 146;18 Raw materials suppliers45;converter partnership
  • 146;19 Rapid growth of armor materials
  • 146;20 Integration and mergers of the armor industry
  • 146;21 Bibliography
  • Part I Material requirements and testing
  • 2 Bullets44; fragments and bullet deformation
  • 246;1 Introduction
  • 246;2 Handguns and rifles
  • 246;3 Handgun bullets
  • 246;4 Fragments
  • 246;5 Small arms bullets
  • 246;6 Projectile firing
  • 246;7 Timing of firing
  • 246;8 Casualty reduction analysis
  • 246;9 Penetration and deformation of bullets and fragments
  • 246;10 Factors affecting deformation of bullets penetrating a flexible or rigid armor
  • 246;11 Bibliography
  • 3 Material responses to ballistic impact
  • 346;1 Introduction
  • 346;2 Global response
  • 346;3 Local response
  • 346;4 Influencing parameters
  • 346;5 References
  • 4 Modeling ballistic impact
  • 446;1 Introduction
  • 446;2 Computational aspects
  • 446;3 Ballistic computational modeling
  • 446;4 Concluding remarks and future trends
  • 446;5 References
  • 5 Standards and specifications for lightweight ballistic materials
  • 546;1 Introduction
  • 546;2 Military standard MIL45;STD45;662F58; V50 ballistic test for armor
  • 546;3 National Institute of Technology58; NIJ standard 010146;04
  • 546;4 PSDB ballistic body armor standard
  • 546;5 NATO standardization agreement44; STANAG 292044; ballistic test method for personal armors
  • 546;6 International standard44; ISO47;FDIS 14876 40;draft41;58; protective clothing 45; body armor
  • 546;7 NIJ standard44; 010646;01 for ballistic helmets
  • 546;8 Vehicle armor
  • 546;9 National Institute of Justice44; NIJ 0108 45; ballistic resistant protective materials
  • 546;10 Multiple threat body armor 39;Interceptor39;
  • 546;11 Small Arms Protective Inserts 40;SAPI41;
  • 546;12 Pacific rim countries breastplates
  • 546;13 European vest
  • 546;14 Asian ballistic vest
  • 546;15 Military helmet specifications
  • 546;16 MIL45;L45;62474B 40;AT41;58; Laminate aramid45;fabric45;reinforced plastics
  • 546;17 Bibliography
  • 6 Testing lightweight ballistic materials
  • 646;1 Armor general
  • 646;2 Armor penetration
  • 646;3 Armor protection
  • 646;4 Armor testing
  • 646;5 Ballistic threats
  • 646;6 Test methodologies
  • 646;7 Ballistic resistance methodologies.