Strengthening fabric armour with silica colloidal suspensions

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 42, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 1561-1576

  Tan, V B C ^a   Tay, T E ^a   Teo, W K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ballistic impact; Colloidal suspension; Fabric armor; Shear thickening

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC IMPACT; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; FABRIC ARMOR; MULTI-PLY SYSTEMS;

BALLISTICS; COLLOIDS; FABRICS; PROJECTILES; SILICA; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); YARN;

ARMOR;

COLLOIDS; DISPERSIONS; FABRIC; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROJECTILES; SHEAR FLOW; SILICA; WEAPONS;

EID: 9944226136     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2004.08.013     Document Type: Article

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