Posted on 02/24/2017 1:11:37 PM PST by Red Badger
North Carolina State University Professor Afsaneh Rabiei led the team that created the amazing foam.
This is not ordinary foam like the kind used for shaving, for example. This is a special type of foam called composite metal foams, or CMF.
The military and law enforcement could use this kind of foam for advanced, ultra light body armor to protect personnel.
And this research team has other foams up its sleeve that have the potential to keep military and first responders safe from radiation and extreme heat too.
BULLET V. FOAM
Sound impossible that foam-based armor could stop armor piercing rounds? Testing has proved it is indeed possible.
In tests conducted by the development team, the foam body armor was able to defeat an armor-piercing bullet. And on impact, their foam smashed the bullet into powder.
To challenge the foam material with bullets, the team built a shield. The strike face - the side facing the weapon - was made with the new composite metal foam together with boron carbide ceramics. The backplates – the side that would face the user - were made of Kevlar.
In tests, the team shot at the foam body armor with 7.62 x 63 mm M2 armor-piercing round.
How well did it work?
Their foam absorbed the bullet’s kinetic energy.
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You are old.....................like me..........
Will it protect me from a new blade if I use it as shaving cream?
ROTFL.....it’s not funny being a backsliding Baptist (cause I are one) but the way you put this has me dyin’ here....and I sure needed a laugh today.
You try it First !
Ditto.........(cause I can’t make those funny things on here).......sniff-sniff.....
Pretty much the same thing, but brought in by tanker trucks.
I remember seeing a clip taken from a chopper of a Marine squad in full body armor at the beginning of Desert Storm. They were stiff-legged and moving slowly.
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