Ballistic performance of thermoplastic composite laminates made from aramid woven fabric and polypropylene matrix

Polymer Testing

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 512-519

  Carrillo, J G ^a   Gamboa, R A ^a   Flores Johnson, E A ^b   Gonzalez Chi, P I ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aramid fabric; Ballistic resistance; Composite laminate; Lightweight armor; Thermoplastic matrix

Indexed keywords

AREAL DENSITIES; BALLISTIC LIMIT; BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE; BALLISTIC RESISTANCE; COMPOSITE LAMINATE; EMPIRICAL MODEL; LIGHTWEIGHT ARMORS; LOWER COST; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; PP MATRIX; THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE LAMINATES; THERMOPLASTIC MATRICES; THRESHOLD ENERGY; WOVEN FABRICS;

BALLISTICS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; REINFORCED PLASTICS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 84858721060     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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