Ballistic strength of woven fabrics for personal protection

Dimeski, Dimko and Spaseska, Dijana and Srebrenkoska, Vineta (2009) Ballistic strength of woven fabrics for personal protection. Journal of Engineering & Processing Management, 1 (2). pp. 31-44.

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Abstract

The purpose of the research was to make evaluation of the ballistic strength of four different
fiber/resin composites intended to be used in manufacturing of ballistic items for personal
protection. Research has been performed on glass, ballistic nylon, aramid and HPPE (High
Performance Polyethylene) plain woven fabrics based composites. As a matrix system, in all cases,
polyvinylbutyral modified phenolic resin was used. For the investigation, areal weight range 2-9
kg/m2, applicable range for this items, and resin content range was 20 -50. %. Ballistic test of the
composites has shown that the best results exhibit HPPE based composites: aramid based
composites have been the second best, followed by the polyamide based composites. The worstresults have been shown by the glass based composites. All the composites with lower resin content
(~20 %) have performed much better than their counterparts with higher resin content (~50 %). The
plot of the ballistic strength, V50 , versus areal weight has shown a linear increase of V50 with the
increase of areal weight within the investigated range. The ballistic strength of the woven fabric
composites is highly dependent on the fiber/resin ratio and increases with the increase of fiber
content.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Engineering and Technology > Materials engineering
Divisions:	Faculty of Technology
Depositing User:	Vineta Srebrenkoska
Date Deposited:	30 Nov 2012 08:04
Last Modified:	02 Oct 2013 13:07
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/1776

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