Laminated and Hybrid Soft Body Armor for Ballistic Applications

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of lamination and hybrid soft armor systems through ballistic impact. The investigation was carried out by using tensile, drop-weight impact and actual ballistic testing. The most important conclusions derived from this research are that lamination of the systems with very low resin content are superior to multiple non-laminated systems, and this advance could be improved further by hybrid systems using nonwoven fabric layers on the impact side and relatively tighter woven fabrics between the layers.