Creep forming of high strength polyethylene fiber prepregs for the production of ballistic protection helmets

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1184-1188

  Marissen, R ^a,b   Duurkoop, D ^c   Hoefnagels, H ^b   Bergsma, O K ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DSM Dyneema   (Netherlands)

^c Protension Composites   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fibers; Impact behavior; Moulding; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC PROTECTION; COMPOSITE PRODUCTS; CREEP FORMING; CREEP STRESS; DRAPABILITY; FULL SCALE; HIGH STRENGTH; HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBERS; IMPACT BEHAVIOR; IN-PLANE SHEAR; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LOADING TIME; MELTING TEMPERATURES; MOULDING; POLYETHYLENE FIBERS; PREPREGS; PROCESSING TEMPERATURE; PROCESSING TIME; SUPERSONIC PROJECTILES; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

BALLISTICS; CREEP; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELONGATION; FABRICS; MOLDING; PROCESSING; SAFETY DEVICES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTICS;

FIBERS;

BENDING PROPERTY; CREEP; ELONGATION; POLYETHYLENE FIBER; PREPREG; STRENGTH; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL PROPERTY;

EID: 77952878313     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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