With increasing international and civilian conflicts, developing advanced body armor has
become an emerging field in academia and industry. Nanotechnology, by means of …

The ballistic impact is a complex dynamic event that takes place within 50–200µs, which is
significantly influenced by the ballistic parameters associated with material, yarn, fabric …

Fiber reinforced composite sandwich structures have wide applications in reducing the
weight of high-speed aircrafts due to their processibility and high specific performance. It is …

In this work, the synergistic effect of 3D orthogonal woven structure and asymmetric
carbon/glass hybridization on impact response was studied by experimental and numerical …

Hybrid composites incorporate different types of fibers and combine the benefits of different
material properties for increasing the ballistic efficiency. Here, ballistic penetration behaviors …

As composite structures develop, polyurea coating has been applied to improve the
protective performance of multi-layered composite structures subjected to blast or impact …

With the wide application of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, the impact
resistance and damping properties of FRP have been considered as the essential properties …

To gain fundamental understanding of energy absorbing mechanisms during high velocity
impact of plain weave S-2 glass/epoxy composites, single layer composites are ballistically …

Helicoidal laminates mimicking the shells of mantis shrimp crustaceans have been found to
be able to bear higher loads than conventional laminate configurations primarily through …

Flax and carbon fibers reinforced polymer composites have high potentials to be used as
sustainable building materials. To understand the impact resistance of these fiber …