He mea nui kēiaʻenehana i ka mālamaʻana i nā ola o nā koa
ʻO ke kāʻei kaua no Kevlar vests kekahi o nāʻenehana hou hou i hoʻolālāʻia no ka mālamaʻana i nā ola o nā koa i kūkuluʻia e ka PūnaeweleʻImi Pūnaeweleʻo US. ʻO kēiaʻano o ke kino kila e māmā a maʻalahi, e hoʻonui ai i nā koa i ko lākou palekana. ʻAʻole ia i keʻakeʻa i kekahi kanaka i ka wā e holo aiʻole e hoʻohana ana paha i kāna mea kaua.
Nā Components o Liquid Armor
ʻO ke kī nui o ka pale kaua wai he mea momona nui aiʻole STF.
ʻO kēia wai ka mea i hoʻokumuʻia i loko o nā mea lepo paʻakikī i hoʻomahaʻia i loko o ka wai. ʻO ka wai, polyethylene glycol,ʻaʻole ia he meaʻawaʻawa a hiki ke pale i kahiʻano o nā mahana. ʻO nā kānana paʻaʻole o ka silica e hana i kahi mea'ē aʻe o STF. Hiki i kēia huiʻana o nā mea i kālaiʻia a paʻakikī i nā mea me nāʻano kūikawā.
Hoʻopiliʻia ka STF i nā papa o ke kāʻei Kevlar e hana i ka pale kaua wai.
Pehea ka Liquid Armor e hana ai
Ke paʻa nei ke Kevlar i kahi STF ma kahi a he mea kōkua hoʻi e kāpae i nā pāpale. Hiki ke'eneʻeneʻeʻia ka lole lūlū, kāpiliʻia, a penaʻia e like me nā mea'ē aʻe.
I ka wā o ka lawelawe maʻamau, kūpono ke deformable a STS me he wai. Akā, i ka wā e pale ai ka pāpale i ka lole, e hele i kahi mea pale. ʻO kēia ka mea e pale ai i ke kumuhana mai ka komoʻana i ke kino o ke koa, e like me ka Dr. Eric Wetzel, he mea hana mechanical mai nā papahana Weapons a Material Material Research who head the US Army Army Project.
Ua hanaʻo Wetzel a me kāna hui ma kēiaʻenehana me Dr. Norman J. Wagner a me kāna mau haumāna mai ke Kulanui o Delaware no kekahi mau makahiki.
Ke Kuleana o kaʻenehana
ʻO ka pahuhopu o kaʻenehana,ʻo ia ka hanaʻana i kahi mea hou e uku liʻiliʻi a me ka māmā a ke hāʻawi mau nei i nā kūlike poloistic like aʻoi paha i ka hoʻohālikelike Kevlar o kēia manawa.
Akā, uaʻoi aʻe ka maʻalahi o ka pale kaua wai a me ka liʻiliʻi iki, e like me Wetzel. He nui nā mana o kaʻenehana.
Ke hoʻomau nei ke kāpili i nā mea hoʻolālā ma loko o nā labo laboratory, akāʻo Wetzel e hoihoi ana i nā noi'ē aʻe i hoʻohanaʻia i kaʻenehana. "ʻO ka lani ka palena," wahi a Wetzel. "E hoʻomaka mākou e hoʻokomo i kēia mea i nā lima a me nā pantsi o kekahi koa, i nā wahi i mālamaʻoleʻia e ka ballistic kākoʻo, akā, pono e hoʻomau i ka maʻalahi a hiki ke hoʻohana i kēia mea no nā popo pōpō, e uhi i nā hoʻopiʻi hilahila a iʻole nā kīnāʻole. hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia nā mea kaua i nā kāmaʻa wāwae e hōʻoʻoleʻa ai lākou i ka hopena e kākoʻo i nā wāwae o nā koa. "
Ma waho aʻe o ka mālamaʻana i nā ola o nā koa,'ōleloʻo Wetzel i nā mea hana wai i hoʻohanaʻia ma nā Kevlar lole e kōkua i ka poʻe hana lima kānāwai . "Ua hiki nō i nā paʻahao a me nā mākaʻi ke kōkua mai i kēiaʻano technology," wahi a Wetzel. "Heʻoi aku ka pale o ka pale kaua ma mua o ka pale kaua o ke kino.
Ua hāʻawiʻiaʻo Wetzel a me kāna hui i ka makahiki 2002ʻo Paul A. Siple Award,ʻo ka lanakila kiʻekiʻe loa o ka Army no ka hanaʻepekema, no kā lākou hana ma ka lako wai.
Na Tonya Johnson, ka Affairs o ka Mokuhana