• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.372-378
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• 2021

A body armor vest is a form of munition related directly to the safety and life of combatants. Therefore, it must meet the requirements for ballistic resistance. The ROK demands the performance of body armor vest meet the Level IIIA specified by the NIJ STD-0101.06 published by the US National Institute of Justice. This study performed acceptance tests on body armor vests. The factors for evaluating the ballistic resistance evaluated were not only whether it penetrates when shooting but also whether the BFS (Backface Signature) depth does not exceed 44 mm when it does not penetrate. The factors were assessed to determine if they were consistent or not. The BFS depth is affected by various test factors, such as the physical properties of the backing material and the changes in the amount of impact with the bullet velocity. In this study, an analysis of the bulletproof performance was performed by extracting the data with the same conditions using ANOVA to remove the influence of these external factors. The analysis revealed a correlation between the BFS depth, bullet velocity, vest conditions, and protection area. The mass production process was analyzed by estimating the Interval of BFS on each lot. Through this, a new methodology for ballistic resistance evaluation and paradigm for future quality assurance is suggested.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.331-338
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• 2023

Modern bulletproof armor must be light and have excellent penetration resistance to ensure the mobility and safety of soldiers and military vehicles. The ballistic performance of heterogeneous structures of laminated flat plates as bulletproof armor depends on the arrangement of constituent materials for the same weight. In this study, we analyze bulletproof performance according to the stacking sequence of laminated bulletproof armor composed of Kevlar, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, and ethylene-vinyl-acetate foam. A ballistic analysis was performed by colliding a 7.62 × 51 mm NATO cartridge's M80 bullet at a speed of 856 m/s with six lamination arrangements with constituent materials thicknesses of 5 mm and 6.5 mm. To evaluate the bulletproof performance, the residual speed and residual energy of the projectile that penetrated the heterogeneous laminated flat plates were measured. Simulation results confirmed that the laminated structure with a stacking sequence of Kevlar, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, and ethylene-vinyl-acetate foam had the best bulletproof performance for the same weight.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.487-495
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• 2012

In order to prevent the high velocity bullet from penetration, aluminum alloy and RHA(Rolled Homogeneous Armour) steel, which have a high tensile and compressive strength, are usually used as the bullet-proof armor material. Although these materials have a good bullet proof performance, but not an area density which is a weight increasing factor of bullet-proof armor. Therefore, Mg(magnesium) alloy is a promising substitute for the traditional bullet-proof armor material due to the relatively low areal density. The spatial efficiency of Mg alloy, however, is inferior to the traditional material's, which is a volume(thickness) increasing factor of bullet-proof armor. In this study, we select the multi-layered hybrid armor which consist of Ceramic, with a high strength; Mg alloy, with a low areal density; Kevlar, with a high tensile strength-to-weight ratio; in order to make up for the poor spatial efficiency of Mg alloy. By predicting V50 of the multi-layered armor against 9mm FMJ(Full Metal Jarket). we show that the multi-layered armor have the capability in improving bullet-proof performance in the respect of the areal density, but also the spatial efficiency.

• Composites Research
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.46-50
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• 2011

This paper describes the state of the art for the development of metallic armor materials which are mainly used as armor plates of the combat vehicles. Several important micro-structural features affecting ballistic properties of the metallic armor are discussed. Optimization of the strength and toughness balance of the metallic armor is necessary for the improvement of the ballistic performance resulting from maximizing the resistance to the penetration of the bullet and also to brittle failure of the plates. Understanding and control of the adiabatic shearing phenomenon developed remarkably during high strain rate deformation is needed to prevent brittle failure of the metallic armor materials.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.25 no.9
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• pp.1661-1668
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• 2001

본고는 지뢰 방호복을 개발, 국산화하기 위해 먼저 방탄소재 구성방법에 관하여 실험한 결과이다. 기존의 여러 겹의 파라-아라미드(Para-aramid)나 단순히 파라-아라미드와 폴리 에틸렌 필름(Polyethlene film)을 조합한 소재구성과는 달리 케블라 파이버(Kevlar fiber)로 만들어진 펠트(felt)를 첨가하여 방탄원리 및 특성을 고려한 구성으로 방호복의 중량을 줄이면서 착용자로 하여금 유연성과 동작성을 향상시켜 임무수행과 안전성을 높일 수 있는 방호복을 개발하고자 하였다. 1) Para-aramid(내 충격열) + Flex-felt(충격 에너지 흡수) + Para-aramid(backface Polyethylene film(에너지 분산 극대)+Para-aramid(내 마찰열, backface순으로 소재를 배열함으로써 기존의 Para-aramed 36겹에 대하여 Para-aramid13겹, Polyethylene film 13겹, 그리고 펠트 1겹으로 동일한 방호성능을 얻었다. 2) 새로운 소재 구성 방법 에 의 한 방탄소재는 동일한 방호성능을 갖는 기존의 소재 구성 방법 에 따른 방탄소재 보다 중량에서 34-l9% ,더 가벼운 것으로 나타나 방호복 구성시 유연성이나 동작성에 유리 할 것으로 사료된다. 3) NIJ-STD-0101.03에서 의 Armor type II에 해당하는 시편 I의 방호한계속도로 구한 운동 에너지량은 154.4J Armor type III-A에 해 당하는 시편II의 방호한계속도로 구한 운동 에너지 량은 183.0J로 나타나 두 시편 모두 5m의 거리에서 M16Al지뢰의 0.032~0.044g사이 의 파편에 대해서 50%의 관통확률을 갖는 것으로 나타났다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.7 no.9
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• pp.795-804
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• 1997

전면재를 알루미나, 후면재를 Kevlar또는 S-2 유리 섬유강화 복합재료로 접합한 이종재료 장갑에 대하여 알루미나의 두께 변화와 복합재료의 적층구조에 따른 고속충격 특성 변화에 대하여 연구하였다. 또한 시험재료의 동적 관통현상을 분석하기 위하여 고속촬영기법이 이용되었다. 시험결과, 전면재인 알루미나는 충격탄자 직경의 80% 상당하는 두께(본 실험에서는 6nm)인 경우 양호한 방탄성능을 보였다. 후면재인 복합재료는 섬유를 alternating 주조로 적층한 경우가 laminar구조로 적층한 것에 비하여 더 우수한 방탄성능을 나타내었다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.332-339
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• 2020

This study was a prior study to establish the shelf life of bulletproof helmets, considered the aging factor of bulletproof helmets. To estimate the aging factor of bulletproof helmets, we established a hypothesis that the 'temperature' factor would have the greatest impact on the shelf life of the bulletproof helmet, considering the environmental treatment of the American army's bulletproof helmet's materials. To verify the hypothesis, high temperature acceleration environmental treatment of bulletproof helmets was performed, and the Arrhenius formula was applied to calculate the shelf life. The study result confirmed the negative correlation between bulletproof performance and high temperature, and the influence of temperature as an aging factor was not significant by deriving life by using the Arrhenius model. The limitation of this study is that we couldn't obtain enough samples due to the specificity (miliary supplies) of the test subjects. However, given that the life-related research on bulletproof helmets has not been carried out, this research has great implications and could be used as a reference for improving the Korean Army's bulletproof helmet specifications.

• Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.94-98
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• 2011

Ballistic property of Heracron/phenol composites was evaluated as a function of polyurethane (PU) type and their loadings. First, prepregs of phenol and polyurethane were prepared by spray coating on Heracron fabric and then they were utilized to prepare composite by varying their ratio. Next, they were consolidated at $150^{\circ}C$ for 25 min at $150kg/cm^2$ pressure and then ballistic property was measured with 1.1 g FSP (22 cal). V50 was evaluated interms of polyurethane type and ratio of phenol/PU prepreg.

• Composites Research
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.1-7
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• 2007

Manufacturing process of the shear thickening fluid(STF) and evaluation of the ballistic penetration resistance performance of the Kevlar-STF composites were studied. STF was made from silica and ethylene glycol, and the Kevlar-STF composite was made by impregnating the STF into the Kevlar fabric. Specimens including neat Kevlar woven fabrics and Kevlar-STF composites with two types of silica were prepared and carried out the ballistic tests. From the results STFs represented shear thickening behavior irrespective of the silica type, and Kevlar-STF composite with spherical silica showed best ballistic penetration resistance performance among them. Especially the specimens of Kevlar-STF composites with spherical silica showed radial fiber deformation by the projectile during the tests, that was somewhat different deformation behavior from those of the neat Kevlar fabrics shown fiber pull-out phenomena or fracture.

• Composites Research
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.24-32
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• 2016

Ballistic impact analyses have been performed with the Kevlar fabric impregnated with STF(shear thickening fluid). Multi-layer laminates modeled with 3D isoparametric shell elements were used for the performance analysis and their results are compared with experimental results. Both experiments and numerical analyses have been done to verify the usefulness of STF to enhance the impact resistance performance. The results showed that STF increases friction within a bundle of fiber, and this phenomena is more apparent in the velocity range of under near 450 m/s. In this research, it is emphasized that FEA analyses of STF impregnated Kevlar fabric laminate were successfully conducted using shell elements. Moreover, the effectiveness of the technique and accuracy were verified through the comparison with reliable experimental data.