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A Damage-Trap Interfacial Design To Improve Impact Resistance Of Polymers, Md Shariful Islam Jan 2013

A Damage-Trap Interfacial Design To Improve Impact Resistance Of Polymers, Md Shariful Islam

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Polymer materials such as Polycarbonate (PC), Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) have numerous applications in transparent armor which includes body and face shield, helmet, windows of the armored vehicle etc. The most challenging part of these applications is to ensure the safety of the people. These materials are often subjected to impact loading, so it is important to study the failure of these materials under impact loading. An experimental study has been made to investigate the impact damage in transparent layered materials. Impact experiments were carried out on various monolithic specimens and layered specimens for both two types of materials at different …