... capacity. A number of studies related to new concepts and designs of body armor materials (including those derived from or inspired by nature) have been conducted in the past two decades to meet the new demands. Ballistic fabrics, ceramics, and laminated composites are among the leading materials used...

...Ala Tabiei; Gaurav Nilakantan This paper reviews the topic of ballistic impact of dry woven fabric composites. It highlights previous work done in modeling the fabrics and the theory involved. Attention is also given to experimental testing, ballistic penetration resistence, projectile...

... and approaches are presented. A state of the art review of woven fabric composites is presented starting from earlier one-dimensional models to recent three-dimensional models. The intention is not to give a detailed analysis of the mathematical approaches to the models discussed, but rather to inform...