Protective armour element

摘要

The invention is directed to a protective armor element, to body armor comprising one or more of such elements, and to a preventive method of reducing behind armor blunt trauma of an individual.;The protective armor element of the invention comprises a fabric and/or a fiber based composite, wherein said armor element, prior to impact of a projectile, has a concave strike face.

主权项

1. A body armour element comprising
a strike layer comprising concave outer surfaces and convex inner surfaces opposite the concave outer surfaces; and a support layer comprising reinforcing fibers embedded in a flexible polymer matrix that adjoins the convex inner surfaces of the strike layer, at least some fibers being arranged in such a way that inward distortion of the convex inner surfaces of the support layer results in tensile stress to the fibers, whereby inward distortion of the strike layer under an impact at a concave outer surface is resisted by tensile strength of the fibers.