Fiscal Year	2019
Division	Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science
Department	Physics
Investigator(s)	Gamache, Raymond
Sponsor	Air Force Research Laboratory (Air Force)
Summary	The system investigated will be the NIJ level III hard system. Within this effort ¼" AD 90 ceramic spheres will be incorporated into a rigid high modulus polyurea. Key studies will be the energy dissipated within the front face encapsulated ceramic ball system and the integrated performance using the pressed ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE). Through previous studies three different encapsulating polyurea’s have been identified, each of these three encapsulating materials will be used to study the performance encapsulating the ¼" AD 90 ceramic spheres. Ballistic testing will be performed both as an isolated front face system and as a total integrated composite armor system.
Keywords	personal body armor
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