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Heisenberg Armour

CSEF · 2015 Applied Mechanics & Structures Honorable_mention Award

Tucker Jay Dunbar, Gregory Lee Murphy, Jr. · Western Sierra Collegiate Academy, Rocklin, Placer County

Overview

Objectives/Goals To make flexible, lightweight, bulletproof armor by implementing shear thickening fluids into para aramid fabric. Methods/Materials ballistic Kevlar polyethylene glycol 400 silica dust Results Currently retesting... Conclusions/Discussion From out initial platform (with cornstarch, water, plastic bags and Kevlar), the results of our project had shown the promising applications of liquid armor with shear thickening fluid. We are currently re-testing our design with more substantial chemicals. It is foreseeable that functional liquid armor is a feasibility. However, at this time, no final statements can be made.

Summary statement

The future applications of shear thickening, non-newtonian fluids into para aramid fabrics to make a flexible, lightweight, bulletproof material for armour.

Help received

My father, a firearms instructor, supervised the gun handling and monitored proper gun safety whilst performing the trials.

Awards (1)

  • Honorable Mention

Competition history

  • CSEF 2015 Applied Mechanics & Structures · Entry S0305

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