00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.875832 CaOODSP 20221107164541 m o d f cr |n||||||||| 190703t20182018onc #ob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP eng fre n-cn--- D68-2/128-2017E-PDF Underhill, Royale S., author. Auxetic materials : project final report / Royale S. Underhill. [Dartmouth, NS] : Defence Research and Development Canada = Recherche et développement pour la défense Canada, 2018. ©2018 1 online resource (25 pages) : figures. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Scientific report ; DRDC-RDDC-2017-R128 Cover title. "Can unclassified." "March 2018." Includes bibliographical references, pages 23-25. "The Canadian Army’s Soldier System 2030 plan will take advantage of advancements in technologies and materials to provide the most effective equipment to the dismounted soldier. This includes lightweight armour with improved performance. It has been postulated in the literature that negative Poisson’s ratio, auxetic materials may find application in an armour system, providing impact protection or behind armour blunt trauma mitigation. During the past four years, Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) has been exploring as a proof-of-concept, the physical properties of regular open cell polyurethane foams, compressed to form re-entrant structures"--Abstract. Includes abstract in French. gccst Military technology Defence R&D Canada. Atlantic Research Centre. Scientific report (Defence R&D Canada) DRDC-RDDC-2017-R128. (CaOODSP)9.802305 PDF 41.90 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/rddc-drdc/D68-2-128-2017-eng.pdf