Impact absorbing armor

Details Impact absorbing armor Impact absorbing armor

1992-02-20

1994-09-27

Bentley, Stephen C.

Ordnance

Shields

Body

2 25, 89 3602, 428911, F41H 102

Patent

active

053498933

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to an improvement in armor structures through the utilization of at least one panel capable of absorbing kinetic energy. The panel comprises a rigid structure having a multiplicity of joined polygonal cells having 3 to 8 sides throughout the panel. The cells have individual cell diameters of about 0.1 to 8.0 inches.

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patent: 5139596 (1992-08-01), Fell
"Materials Selector," Materials in Design Engineering, Mid-October 1965, vol. 62, No. 5, pp. 444-445.

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