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Armouring solution 1

Protective solution made with ceramic and textile composite to cope with armour piercing ammunition (12.7 mm – 43g) at 610 m/s (MIL-PRF-46103-E type III norm).

Three textile composite solutions have been made with layers of 3D warp interlock fabric using high modulus and low density polyethylene yarns.

The 3D warp interlock fabric architecture is: 3D warp interlock A – L 4-2-8 Binding {Diagonal 5-4 warp effect}{1 9 17- 2 10 18 – 3 11 19 – 4 12 20 – 5 13 21 – 6 14 22 – 7 15 23 – 8 16 24 – #}.

The cross section views of the textile composite solutions have revealed the delamination between 3D warp interlock fabric layers.

Ressources

Boussu F, Begus V, Flambard X, Legrand X. Une nouvelle solution

textile pour le renforcement des structures composites utilisées en protection balistique – Application au blindage de véhicule terrestre et aéroporté. Textile à Usage techniques. 2007 Septembre;(65): p. 24 – 26.

Boussu F, Begus V, Flambard X, Legrand X. A new textile solution for ballistic protection applied to aircraft and land armour plated vehicles. In 2nd International Workshop Design – Innovation – Development; 31th of August to 3rd of September 2007; Iasi, Romania. p. 30-38.

Boussu F, Begus V, Flambard X, Legrand X. A new textile solution for anti-ballistic composite. In Autex 2007 – the 7th Annual Textile Conference; 26-28 June, 2007; Tampere, Finland.

Boussu F, Begus V, Flambard X, Legrand X. A new textile solution

for anti-ballistic composite. In TechTextil Symposium, Composite Material session 13th of June 2007; 11 – 14 June 2007; Frankfurt, Germany.

Boussu F. Solutions textiles pour la protection balistique – Application au blindage des véhicules terrestres ou aéroportés. In FUTEX; 10 et 11 janvier 2007; Marcq en Baroeul, France.

Boussu F, Begus V, Petitniot JL. Composite textile structure for ballistic protection. In Industrial Simulation Conference, Eurosis – ETI Publication; June 5 – 7 2006; University of Palermo, Italy. p. 330-332.

Boussu F. The use of warp interlock fabric inside textile composite protection against ballistic impact. Textile Research Journal. 2011 March; 81(4): p. 344–354.

Boussu F, Legrand X, Koncar V. Energy absorption inside a 3D Textile Composite Structure. In The Fiber Society Spring 2008 Conference; May 14–16, 2008; Mulhouse, France.

Boussu F, Legrand X. Delamination behaviour of 3D Warp Interlock Structures. In First world conference on 3D fabrics and their applications; April 10-11 2008; University of Manchester, UK.

Boussu F, Begus V, inventors; Method of manufacturing a composite, especially a bulletproof composite, and composite obtained. patent 2.153.159. 2010 Dec 8.

Boussu F, Begus V, inventors; Method of manufacturing a composite, especially a bulletproof composite, and composite obtained. patent 152337 A1. 2008 Dec 18.

Boussu F, Begus V, inventors; Procédé de fabrication d’un matériau composite, notamment pour la protection balistique, et matériau composite obtenu. patent 755511. 2007 Jun 07.

Ha-Minh C, Boussu F, Kanit T, Crepin D, Imad A. Analysis on failure mechanisms of an interlock woven fabric under ballistic impact. Engineering Failure Analysis Journal. 2011 December; 18(8): p. 2179-2187.

Boussu F, Legrand X, Koncar V. A model of energy absorption using multi-layers fabrics to improve ballistic impact fracture. In 18th DYMAT Technical Meeting; September 10-12, 2008; Bourges, France. p. 141-146.

US Army research laboratory. MIL-PRF-46103E, Performace specification armor: lightweight composite, Type III 12.7 mm (0.50 caliber), Class 2B – Hard steel core armor piercing (AP) projectile at 500 meters range (2000 ft (610 m) per second). Military Norm. ; 6 January 1998.