Polyurea for blast and impact protection: A review

R Zhang, W Huang, P Lyu, S Yan, X Wang, J Ju - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polyurea has attracted extensive attention from researchers and engineers in the field of
blast and impact protection due to its excellent quasi-static mechanical properties and …

State-of-the-Art Polyurea Coatings: Synthesis Aspects, Structure–Properties Relationship, and Nanocomposites for Ballistic Protection Applications

G Toader, A Diacon, SM Axinte, A Mocanu, E Rusen - Polymers, 2024 - mdpi.com
This review presents polyurea (PU) synthesis, the structure–properties relationship, and
characterization aspects for ballistic protection applications. The synthesis of polyurea …

On exploiting nonparametric kernel-based probabilistic machine learning over the large compositional space of high entropy alloys for optimal nanoscale ballistics

KK Gupta, S Barman, S Dey, S Naskar… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The large compositional space of high entropy alloys (HEA) often presents significant
challenges in comprehensively deducing the critical influence of atomic composition on their …

[HTML][HTML] Probing the molecular-level energy absorption mechanism and strategic sequencing of graphene/Al composite laminates under high-velocity ballistic impact …

KK Gupta, T Mukhopadhyay, S Dey - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Motivated by recent discoveries concerning the extreme superiority of multilayer graphene in
terms of kinetic energy dissipation compared to conventional monolithic materials, this …

Strengthening and converse strengthening effects of polyurea layer on polyurea–steel composite structure subjected to combined actions of blast and fragments

L Zhang, C Ji, X Wang, Y Wang, G Wu, H Zhu… - Thin-Walled Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Coating polyurea can significantly enhance the blast and impact resistance of thin-walled
metal structures. However, most current research focuses only on the condition of single …

Energy absorption mechanisms of nanoscopic multilayer structures under ballistic impact loading

MAN Dewapriya, RE Miller - Computational Materials Science, 2021 - Elsevier
We conducted large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of ballistic impact tests on
ultrathin aluminum and polyurea layers and their multilayer arrangements to investigate the …

Multiple structural phase transitions in single crystal silicon subjected to dynamic loading

L Feng, X Zhang, W Li, M Liu, X Yao - Scripta Materialia, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Single crystal Silicon (SC Si), as one of the most extensively used elements, has a
series of complex phase changes, however, it is not fully understood under dynamic loading …

Penetration resistance of ceramic/PUE/GFRP multi-layered composite structure

G Zou, S Wu, A Yan, Z Chang, Y Li, Z Zhang - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact resistance of multi-layered lightweight composite structures is a hot topic in
modern military and national defense. To achieve the goal of lightweight, a composite plate …

Molecular dynamics simulations of shock propagation and spallation in amorphous polymers

MAN Dewapriya, RE Miller - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
We conducted large-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of shock wave propagation
and spallation in amorphous polyurethane and polyurea. First, we computed the shock …

Atomic insights into shock-induced spalling of polyurea by molecular dynamics simulation

K Yao, Z Liu, Z Zhuang - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Some block-copolymer elastomers are regarded as competitors to metal for lightweight
impact protection design. However, the microscopic spalling mechanism of polymer is still …