Recent Advances in Modeling and Experiments of Kevlar Ballistic Fibrils, Fibers, Yarns and Flexible Woven Textile Fabrics – A Review
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2016-05-02
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Sage Publications
Abstract
Ballistic impact onto flexible woven textile fabrics is a complicated multi-scale problem given
the structural hierarchy of the materials, anisotropic material behavior, projectile geometry-fabric
interactions, impact velocity and boundary conditions. Although this subject has been an active
area of research for decades, the fundamental mechanisms such as material failure, dynamic
response, multi-axial loading occurring at the lower length scales during impact are not well
understood. This paper reviews the recent advances in modeling and experiments of Kevlar
ballistic fibrils, fibers, yarns and flexible woven textile fabrics pertinent to the deformation modes
occurring during impact and serves to identify topics worthy of further investigation that will
advance the basic understanding of the phenomena governing transverse impact. This review also
explores on aspects such as homogeneous versus heterogeneous behavior of yarns consisting of
individual fibers and the inelastic transverse behavior of the fiber which is not considered in the
previous review papers on this topic.
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Sockalingam, Subramani, et al. "Recent advances in modeling and experiments of Kevlar ballistic fibrils, fibers, yarns and flexible woven textile fabrics–a review." Textile Research Journal (2016): 0040517516646039.