Amorphous polymers like polycarbonate are heavily used in protection applications that involve impact threats. This project focuses on understanding the fundamental mechanisms of failure in such polymers at nanosecond to microsecond timescales.
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Project Team
Jake Diamond, KT Ramesh
Collaborators
Dr. Saryu Fensin, Dr. Dana Dattelbaum, and Dr. Gary Simpson at Los Alamos National Laboratory; Prof. Thomas O'Connor at Carnegie-Mellon University
Research Areas
Mechanics
Materials
Grant Number
Multiple