Composite Materials Technology

Advanced Munitions | Composite Armor | Lightweight Armament
Electro-Optical Structures | Processing Science

Composite Armor

The composite theme area covers a wide range of technologies including characterization of new ballistic fibers, development of new and improved high strain rate test methods, constitutive models for composites, metal foams, and ceramics modeling of shock impact and penetration and extensive high strain rate model experiments to validate our performance predictions.

• Characterization of Advanced Organic Fibers
• Stress Wave Prediction and Management in Functionally Graded Materials
• Friction Effects on Fabric Structures
• Application of Genetic Algorithms to Phononic Bandgap Design
• Modeling and Analysis of Composites
• Characterization and Experimental Techniques for Hybrid Composites and Bonded Joints
• Nanoparticulate Composite Liquid Shear-Thickening Fluids
• Structural Armor Characterization
• Develop Flow Simulation Based Guidelines to Improve the Yield in VARTM Processing

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