Polymers Designed for Protection (IMAGE)

U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Polymers Designed for Protection

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The new AIREBO-Morse potentials are used in a simulation to deform and break polyethylene fibrils. Large scale simulations like these will allow us to explore effects of defects and other important variables on the properties of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene a material of great importance to ballistic protection.

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