HIGH BUOYANCY COMPOSITE MATERIALS

Ballistic resistant composite materials having high positive buoyancy in water are provided. More particularly, provided are foam-free, buoyant composite materials fabricated using dry processing techniques. The materials comprise fibrous plies that are partially coated with a particulate binder tha...

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Hauptverfasser: KRATZER, Gary, BARTELT, Tyler, BHATNAGAR, Ashok, HURST, David A, WAGNER, Lori L, ARDIFF, Henry Gerard
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Ballistic resistant composite materials having high positive buoyancy in water are provided. More particularly, provided are foam-free, buoyant composite materials fabricated using dry processing techniques. The materials comprise fibrous plies that are partially coated with a particulate binder that is thermopressed to transform a portion of the binder into raised, discontinuous patches bonded to fiber/tape surfaces, while another portion of the particulate binder remains on the fibers/tapes as unmelted particles. The presence of the unmelted binder particles maintains empty spaces within the composite to materials which increases the positive buoyancy of the composites in water.