Influence of weathering and gamma irradiation on the mechanical and ballistic behavior of UHMWPE composite armor

Polymer Testing

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 104-113

  Dos Santos Alves, Andreia Leite ^a,b   Nascimento, Lucio Fabio Cassiano ^a,c   Suarez, João Carlos Miguez ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^b Inst de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento   (Brazil)

^c University of Juiz de Fora   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing; Armor; Ballistic behavior; Gamma irradiation; Ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE); Weathering

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; GAMMA RAYS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROJECTILES; RESINS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; WEATHERING;

COMPOSITE ARMORS; FLEXURE TESTING; POLYELFIN MATERIALS; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES (PCMS);

IRRADIATION;

EID: 9244221109     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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