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Ballistic Test of Multilayered Armor with Intermediate Polyester Composite Reinforced with Fique Fabric

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Multilayered armor systems (MASs) with a front ceramic followed by synthetic fabric are currently used against high-velocity ammunition. In these armors, the front layer, which shatters the ceramic and spalls the bullet, is followed by an intermediate layer, usually plies of Kevlar® or Dyneema®. In the present work, the intermediate synthetic fabric layer was replaced by an equal thickness layer of 30 vol.% fique fabric -reinforced polyester composite . The fique fabric is made of relatively strong natural fiber with a reinforcement potential. Ballistic impact test with 7.62 caliber ammunition revealed that both the plain polyester and the fique fabric composite have a relatively similar performance as that of the Kevlar®. The MAS with fique fabric component attended the NIJ standard for body protection. The energy dissipation mechanisms of fique fabric composite were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy. This latter is the same mechanism recently disclosed for aramid fabric.

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The authors thank the support for this investigation by the Brazilian agencies: CNPq, CAPES, and FAPERJ. The authors also acknowledge the permission to the use of the tensile equipment of COPPE/UFRJ.

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  1. Instituto Militar de Engenharia, IME, Praça Gen. Tibúrcio, Nº80, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Urca, 22290-270, Brazil

    Artur Camposo Pereira, Foluke Salgado de Assis, Fabio da Costa Garcia Filho, Luana Cristyne da Cruz Demosthenes & Sergio Neves Monteiro

  2. University of Antioquia, Mechanical Engineering, Bloque 20 of 437, Calle 67# 53-108, Medellin, Colombia

    Henry Alonso Colorado Lopera

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  1. Al Isra University, Amman, Jordan

    Shadia Ikhmayies

  2. CanmetMATERIALS, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Jian Li

  3. State University of Norte Fluminense, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil

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  4. Higher Teaching Institute, Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil

    Jean Igor Margem (Deceased)

  5. National Service of Industrial Apprenticeship (SENAI), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Pereira, A.C., de Assis, F.S., da Costa Garcia Filho, F., da Cruz Demosthenes, L.C., Lopera, H.A.C., Monteiro, S.N. (2019). Ballistic Test of Multilayered Armor with Intermediate Polyester Composite Reinforced with Fique Fabric. In: Ikhmayies, S., Li, J., Vieira, C., Margem (Deceased), J., de Oliveira Braga, F. (eds) Green Materials Engineering. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10383-5_18

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