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Body Armor

Body Armor is a type of protective equipment designed to absorb or deflect physical impacts and prevent injury to the wearer’s torso, distinguished from other protective gear by its focus on ballistic or blunt force protection in high-risk environments.

271

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13.4K

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913

Authors

348

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Publications per year

2017–2026

92

Variants

Personal Armor

Parents

Publications

271

Shear thickening in colloidal dispersions

Norman J. Wagner, John F. Brady · Physics Today · 2009 · 986 citations · Full text

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United States Army Rangers in Somalia: An Analysis of Combat Casualties on an Urban Battlefield

Robert L. Mabry, John B. Holcomb, Andrew Baker et al. · 2000 · 480 citations

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An Analysis of the System Effects in Woven Fabrics under Ballistic Impact

Philip Cunniff · Textile Research Journal · 1992 · 387 citations

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Hierarchically Enhanced Impact Resistance of Bioinspired Composites

Grace X. Gu, Mahdi Takaffoli, Markus J. Buehler · Advanced Materials · 2017 · 384 citations

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Body armour – New materials, new systems

Ian Crouch · Defence Technology · 2019 · 254 citations · Full text

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Authors

913

  1. JQ
    James Q. Zheng

    Emory University, United States

    7 publications · 482 citations

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  2. KD
    Kirk D. Rice

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States

    6 publications · 85 citations

    6

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  3. BS
    Ben Schram

    Bond University, Australia

    5 publications · 107 citations

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  4. XG
    Xinglong Gong

    University of Science and Technology of China, China

    5 publications · 400 citations

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  5. CB
    Chris Broeckhoven

    Stellenbosch University, South Africa

    5 publications · 246 citations

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Institutions

348

  1. National Institute of Standards and Technology

    Gaithersburg, United States

    10 h-index

    60 publications

    963 citations

  2. United States Army

    Arlington, United States

    10 h-index

    35 publications

    4.6K citations

  3. U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

    Natick, United States

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    438 citations

  4. University of Science and Technology of China

    Hefei, China

    6 h-index

    38 publications

    3K citations

  5. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

    Bethesda, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    591 citations

  6. Beijing Institute of Technology

    Beijing, China

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    460 citations

  7. Defence Science and Technology Group

    Canberra, Australia

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    604 citations

  8. Bond University

    Gold Coast, Australia

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    223 citations

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Venues

  1. Military Medicine

    22 publications · 1.1K citations

    16

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  2. Textile Research Journal

    16 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. Evolution

    6 publications · 372 citations

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  5. Ergonomics

    6 publications · 164 citations

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