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The Journal of The Textile Institute Volume 110, 2019 - Issue 8
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Evaluation of ballistic performance of hybrid Kevlar®/Cocos nucifera sheath reinforced epoxy composites

J. NaveenDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; View further author information
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M. JawaidLaboratory of Bio composite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Correspondence[email protected]
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E. S. ZainudinDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; ;Laboratory of Bio composite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; View further author information
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Mohamed T. H. SultanLaboratory of Bio composite Technology, Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; ;Department of Aerospace engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; View further author information
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R. YahayaScience and Technology Research Institute for Defence, Kajang, Selangor, MalaysiaView further author information
Pages 1179-1189 | Received 02 Aug 2018, Accepted 07 Nov 2018, Published online: 26 Dec 2018
 
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Abstract

The aim of this research is replacement of petroleum resource-based costlier Kevlar® 29 fabric (K) with a naturally woven novel Cocos nucifera sheath (CS) for ballistic applications. Cocos nucifera sheath is a bio waste, and it is termed as ‘Natural Textile’. Nine and twelve layered hybrid and nonhybrid laminates were fabricated with different layering sequence by hand lay-up method followed by hot pressing. Energy absorption and ballistic limit of the laminated composites were evaluated using a single stage gas gun ballistic setup with 8 mm hemispherical stainless steel projectile. The obtained results revealed that hybrid composites and CS/epoxy composite panels exhibited higher energy absorption (30%) and ballistic limit (13%) compared to Kevlar® fabric/epoxy composites. It is due to CS’s chemical composition, architecture, and unique shock wave dissipation mechanism. Hence, this new eco-friendly material will efficiently replace Kevlar® fabric in the ballistic composites.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

We are thankful to Ministry of Higher Education for Providing HICOE project [Grant no: 6369108] to INTROP, UPM for doing this work.

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