Defence Technology, 2021 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 ...
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Comparing the penetrative stab performance of the UK HOSDB P1/B and Stanley Tools 1992 trimming blades on certified body armour specimens [PDF]
, 2016 This body of research assessed the penetrative stab performance of the United Kingdom Home Office Scientific Development Branch’s (HOSDB) P1/B certified blades against the readily accessible Stanley Tools 1992 trimming blade.
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A Comparison of Military and Law Enforcement Body Armour. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2018 Law-enforcement officers increasingly wear body armour for protection; wearing body armour is common practice in military populations. Law-enforcement and military occupational demands are vastly different and military-styled body armour may not be suitable for law-enforcement.
Orr R, Schram B, Pope R.
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Blade Sharpness and its Effect on the Testing of Body Armours [PDF]
, 2002 Factors such as edge sharpness and tip sharpness have been identified by Horsfall,1 as keyvariables in the testing of stab and slash resistant armours.
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Influence of Material Properties on the Ballistic Performance of Ceramics for Personal Body Armour [PDF]
Shock and Vibration, 2003 In support of improved personal armour development, depth of penetration tests have been conducted on four different ceramic materials including alumina, modified alumina, silicon carbide and boron carbide.
Christian Kaufmann +4 more
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Investigating Stoichiometric Controls of Nutrient Recycling in Rivers Using the Threespine Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionIn freshwater ecosystems, fish play a critical role in regulating the standing stock and turnover rates of biologically important elements such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P).
Sarah R. Rozanski +2 more
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Biomechanical properties of predator-induced body armour in the freshwater crustacean Daphnia. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Kruppert S +6 more
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Experimental and numerical replication of blunt ballistic impact on a male thorax surrogate: study of rib fractures and lung injuries predictions [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyPrediction of body injuries caused by non-penetrating ballistic impacts is a major challenge. Experiments on biological models are difficult to conduct due to ethical and logistical constraints and on the data that can be collected. These limitations can
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EXARC Journal, 2014 Everyone knows that the Ancient Greeks wore bronze armour. Examples have been excavated, mentioned in the literature and depicted on vases, statues et cetera.
Steve Wilson
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Ergonomics, design and reliability of body armour
, 2011 The wearing of body amour has become a necessity for many professions and much work has gone into the optimisation of the mechanics of protection. In the present study a broader view of the effects of ergonomics, design, reliability and protection has been taken. Three background topics are examined by reference to the literature.
Celia H. Watson
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