Feasibility Study of Selecting Soft Components of Body Armor

Abstract:

A body armor is vital for users in combat filed. Normally, the body armor have two components: soft and hard ones. This paper proposes feasibility assessment technique to evaluate contemporary materials: Kevlar, natural spider silk, and human hair, for making soft component of the body armor. There are four criteria: technical, economic, legal, and operational feasibilities to generate the feasibility assessment matrix. The optimal material in question is human hair which has highest rank at 82%.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 775)
• Pages: 32-35
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.775.32
• Online since: August 2018
• Authors: Thawatchai Yaiphuak, Sujin Wanchat*, Nattapon Chantarapanich
• Keywords: Body Armor, Feasibility Assessment, Human Hair, Kevlar, Spider Silk

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