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Today multinational chemical company DuPont DD unveiled a new version of Kevlar promising lighter, more flexible and more effective body armor. The company describes the new material, known as Kevlar® ...

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Throughout human history, many conflicts have resulted in battles and wars. Body armor has been of central importance in order to make combatants as safe as possible against a variety of weapons.

This chapter discusses the foundational basis for the current body armor testing methodologies as practiced by military and law enforcement agencies. In the 1970s developments in fiber technology and ...