Kausala Mylvaganam and L C Zhang 2007 Nanotechnology 18 475701 doi:10.1088/0957-4484/18/47/475701
Kausala Mylvaganam and L C Zhang1
Show affiliationsCarbon nanotubes have high strength, light weight and excellent energy absorption capacity and therefore have great potential applications in making antiballistic materials. By examining the ballistic impact and bouncing-back processes on carbon nanotubes, this investigation shows that nanotubes with large radii withstand higher bullet speeds and the ballistic resistance is the highest when the bullet hits the centre of the CNT; the ballistic resistance of CNTs will remain the same on subsequent bullet strikes if the impact is after a small time interval.
Issue 47 (28 November 2007)
Received 15 June 2007, in final form 28 August 2007
Published 17 October 2007
Kausala Mylvaganam and L C Zhang 2007 Nanotechnology 18 475701
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