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Authors:
Henrik Seeber
Arash Ramezani
Hendrik Rothe
Keywords: applied research; fiber-reinforced plastics; optimization; armor systems; ballistic trials; material processing; post-processing
Abstract:
In the military and police sector, the endangerment for the forces has risen over the last decades. Especially police forces are facing new threats due to increased terrorist activity in western European cities and a rising propensity to violence. This development makes it necessary to provide state of the art protection for patrol officers. This includes helmets made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) to lower the overall weight of equipment and increase the combat value of the forces by providing more comfort and possibilities for attachments. At the moment, these types of helmets are not ready to fulfill the required level of protection against projectiles. The intention of this paper is to give background information about these new threats and to mention first ideas how to tackle the emerging problems of current UHMWPE combat helmets. In addition, early results regarding the process of UHMWPE will be presented.
Pages: 166 to 172
Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2018. Used with permission.
Publication date: June 30, 2018
Published in: journal
ISSN: 1942-261x