A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF PHOTON RADIATION ATTENUATION FROM BALLISTIC PROTECTION MATERIALS

Authors

  • Krasimir Kalev Faculty APVO& CIS, NMU Vasil Levski (BG)
  • Lyubomir Manov Faculty APVO& CIS, NMU Vasil Levski (BG)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17770/etr2024vol4.8221

Keywords:

radiation safety, attenuation coefficient, hard armor plate

Abstract

Modern ballistic protection equipment is lightweight, flexible, and withstand multiple types of threats. Depending on their purpose, they are assembled from various materials, with ceramic plates and composites based on high-performance polymer fibers finding wide application in recent years. Multilayer fabrics with different textures woven from synthesized special mechanically high-resistant polymer fibers successfully withstand the high-speed and high-energy impact of the striking element. Given the risk of exposure to radiation during military conflicts or industrial accidents, it is necessary to know the anti-radiation parameters of protection means. The report attempts to establish the degree of protection against photon radiation in the range of 40 KeV to 120 KeV for samples of ballistic panels with ballistic protection levels III+, III++, and IV. The degree of attenuation of photon radiation with these energies was measured by irradiating the examined ballistic panels. A dose-dependence has been obtained with level of ballistic protection for the specific material as a function of the energy of photon irradiation.

Supporting Agencies
This work was supported by the NSP DS program, which has received funding from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria under the grant agreement no. Д01-74/19.05.2022. The authors are grateful to the company MARS ARMOUR for providing hard armor samples.

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Published

2024-06-22

Issue

Vol. 4 (2024): Environment. Technology. Resources. Proceedings of the 15th International Scientific and Practical Conference. Volume 4

Section

Defence and security technologies

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How to Cite

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K. Kalev and L. Manov, “A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF PHOTON RADIATION ATTENUATION FROM BALLISTIC PROTECTION MATERIALS”, ETR, vol. 4, pp. 160–163, Jun. 2024, doi: 10.17770/etr2024vol4.8221.