Metal foam "armor" disintegrate bullets upon impact

[Gremlich]

exciting research  <-- click this to READ the article.

 

 

[Shootter]

Video is hard to tell what the impact surface is, could be a hollow point fired at plate steel for all we know.

[Gremlich]

16 hours ago, Shootter said:

Video is hard to tell what the impact surface is, could be a hollow point fired at plate steel for all we know.

Had you bothered to read the linked article, you would have discovered that "The armor — only an inch thick — features a ceramic strike face, Kevlar backing, and CMFs in the energy-absorbing middle layer". . I'll color the link for you.

[Shootter]

2 hours ago, Gremlich said:

Had you bothered to read the linked article, you would have discovered that "The armor — only an inch thick — features a ceramic strike face, Kevlar backing, and CMFs in the energy-absorbing middle layer". . I'll color the link for you.

I glanced at the source but as I said "as far as we know" since words and video proof are two different things the video doesn't show the setup or anything but I could tell you that I'm currently on the International space station writing this message and you'll probably believe me because it's in words, right?

[Gremlich]

7 minutes ago, Shootter said:

I glanced at the source but as I said "as far as we know" since words and video proof are two different things the video doesn't show the setup or anything but I could tell you that I'm currently on the International space station writing this message and you'll probably believe me because it's in words, right?

I would, why would I doubt you?

[Shootter]

@Gremlich Lol  ... Don't get me wrong, the concept is extremely awesome.

[Gremlich]

33 minutes ago, Shootter said:

@Gremlich Lol  ... Don't get me wrong, the concept is extremely awesome.

Ferro-fibrous armor for Mechs is what I'm thinkin'

[GeraldEvans]

Mechs? How about our ships? Make a lighter Ursa with more durability.

[Gremlich]

here are some articles re: composite metal foam and even aerogel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_foam

the following are links to scholarly papers for sale . there are loads of abstracts and these are just representatives of the technology and the science

https://www.google.com/patents/US6698331  <-- specifically for the use in armor systems

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167577X08009282  <-- makes my brain hurt

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1004383222228#page-1  (<-- deformation characteristics of metal foams)

fun fact: did you know you can use a microwave oven as a kiln for making metal alloys? pulverizing the metals into fine powders allows the static charges (the part that causes MW ovens to explode/destruct) to dissipate

aerogel (is weird)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel (jump to applications: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel#Applications)

and I really enjoy this fun fact: Aerogel can introduce disorder into superfluid helium-3  WOW omigerd! (whatever that means)

the crap doesn't even look real.