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    • Aged Body Armor- Linking Theory to Practice by Predicting Ballistic Performance from Mechanical Properties

    Metadata Updated: September 30, 2025

    We present correlations found between the tensile strengths of yarns extracted from armor and the V50 ballistic limit when significant degradation of the mechanical properties of the extracted yarns was observed. These studies provided the basis for a validation dataset from which we compare the experimentally measured V50 ballistic limit results to the theoretically predicted V50 results. This approach is promising for the development of a tool for fielded-armor-performance surveillance relying upon mechanical testing of armor coupon samples.

    There are 3 datasets included. The first dataset consists of failure strength and failure strain for yarns extracted from aged ballistic vests, where the vests were aged in laboratory accelerated ageing conditions. The second dataset consists of failure strength for yarns extracted from aged vests, where the vests were aged in the field. The third dataset consists of V50 measurements on vests that were aged using an accelerated laboratory protocol.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: See this page for license information.

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025

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    Harvested from Commerce Non Spatial Data.json Harvest Source

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date September 30, 2025
    Publisher National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Maintainer
    Identifier ark:/88434/mds2-2179
    Data First Published 2020-02-18
    Language en
    Data Last Modified 2012-05-31 00:00:00
    Category Materials:Polymers, Materials:Materials characterization
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 006:55
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    Homepage URL https://data.nist.gov/od/id/mds2-2179
    License https://www.nist.gov/open/license
    Program Code 006:045
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1e00b92de41c4841200c7828a36b45d365c74c1316350848314cebc0a040e9ee
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