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The recent research and development performed for armour systems for material selection and analysis has helped discover new and significant material properties suited for ballistic applications.
Aayush Bhat +2 more
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Body armour – New materials, new systems
This is a very timely review of body armour materials and systems since new test standards are currently being written, or reviewed, and new, innovative products released.
Ian G. Crouch
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Personal body armour is one of the most important pieces of equipment to protect human beings from various critical and fatal injuries. In today’s modern world, various organizations including law enforcement and security service have made it mandatory ...
Mulat Alubel Abtew, Francois Boussu
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The design and assessment of bio-inspired additive manufactured stab-resistant armour
The performance of modern fibre-based or polycarbonate armour has significantly improved since their introduction, providing protection against a range of low- and high-velocity threats.
Andrew A Johnson +2 more
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The Emperor’s armour-bearer: to the interpretation of the figure from relief of the Great Trajanic Frieze [PDF]
The paper gives an interpretation of a person, wearing in his hands Emperor’s helmet, on one of the surviving reliefs from the Great Trajanic frieze, which originally belonged to an unknown monument of the Trajan era, and later adorned the Arch of ...
Negin, A.E.
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Ceramic Armour for Armoured Vehicles Against Large-Calibre Bullets [PDF]
Modelling the armour-piercing bullets B-32 calibre 12.7 mm penetration into the double-layer ceramic-composite armour has been performed for the armour blocks of two designs.
Anatoliy L. MAYSTRENKO +5 more
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Ballistic performance of optimised light weight composite armour
This research paper presents a comprehensive investigation into the response of a 3D finite element model when subjected to 7.62 AP projectiles. The study utilises Hetherington's armour composite equation and incorporates the Johnson-Holmquist material ...
Amar Prakash, M. Fasil, N. Anandavalli
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The role of spatial and temporal radiation deposition in inertial fusion chambers: the case of HiPER¿ [PDF]
The first wall armour for the reactor chamber of HiPER will have to face short energy pulses of 5 to 20 MJ mostly in the form of x-rays and charged particles at a repetition rate of 5–10 Hz.
A. Rivera +10 more
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Critical interfaces in body armour systems
The ballistic performance, and behaviour, of an armour system is governed by two major sets of variables, geometrical and material. Of these, the consistency of performance, especially against small arms ammunition, will depend upon the consistency of ...
Ian G. Crouch
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The article examines the agentiality of (English) Renaissance armour, unfolded in its performative handling, from an image-anthropological, gender-specific and material-semantic perspective.
Marianne Koos
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