Human Skin-Like Composite Materials for Blast Induced Injury Mitigation

Armors and military grade personal protection equipment (PPE) materials to date are bulky and are not designed to effectively mitigate blast impacts. In the current work, a human skin-like castable simulant material was developed and its blast mitigation characteristics (in terms of induced stress r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Arnab Chanda, Rebecca Graeter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Composites Science
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2504-477X/2/3/44