Polyimide aerogels for ballistic impact protection

Abstract The ballistic performance of edge-clamped monolithic polyimide aerogel blocks (12 mm thickness) has been studied through a series of impact tests using a helium-filled gas gun connected to a vacuum chamber and a spherical steel projectile (approximately 3 mm diameter) with an impact velocit...

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Main Authors: Sadeq Malakooti, Stephanie L. Vivod, Michael Pereira, Charles R. Ruggeri, Duane M. Revilock, Runyu Zhang, Haiquan Guo, Daniel A. Scheiman, Linda S. McCorkle, Hongbing Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18247-z