Front-facing fluoropolymer-coated armor composite
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Authors
Gamache, Raymond M.
Roland, Charles M.
Fragiadakis, Daniel M.
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Date of Issue
2018-03-06
Date
Mar. 6, 2018
Publisher
The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Language
en_US
Abstract
A front-facing armor system utilizing a composite laminate
backed by a high hardness substrate. The composite laminate
comprises a series of first and second layers. The first
layer of the bi-layer laminate system is a polymer with a
density of at least 1.8 g/ᵌ and having both an amorphous
and crystalline phase, and having phase transformation
pressure of at least 0.5 GPa at a temperature of 20° C. The
second layer of each bi-layer provides acoustic impedance
mismatch to generate reflections of the incident compression
wave following ballistic impact. Under ballistic impact, the
polymer comprising the armor system undergoes a shockinduced
transition resulting in a marked change in microstructure
and mechanical behavior, providing a significant
kinetic energy absorption mechanism.
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Patent
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Patent
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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19 p.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.