Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites in Ballistic Protection - Microstructural and Micromechanical Perspectives

This book highlights the pulchritudinous features of FRP composites emphasizing failure criteria referring to microstructural as well as micromechanical aspects. The potential and promises of this class of material as being explored for supercritical applications necessitate the analysis and assessment of FRPs with a spectrum of low to high strain rates. Additionally, constitutive modeling and shock properties of polymeric composites along with the data processing techniques and relevant theories for different characterization methods are conversed. The findings of previous studies available on mechanical characteristics of polymer composites under quasi-static and high-strain-rate circumstances are also discussed. The dearth of open literature and limited information culminate the need for this book which may eventually bridge the existing gap. 

Shubham serves as a postdoctoral researcher within the Aerospace Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Rourkela and holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, India, awarded in 2018. His research focuses on the quasi-static and high-strain-rate mechanical behavior of fiber-reinforced polymer composites and its finite element analysis. He has contributed to the field with authored research articles featured in esteemed, globally recognized peer-reviewed journals.

Bankim Chandra Ray is a senior professor of the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology Rourkela. He received his Ph.D. and master's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. His research interests include polymer composite materials, phase transformations, heat treatments, and solidification. Prof. Ray's research centers on the impact of extreme environmental conditions on FRP composites. Currently, he is also the advisor to the TATA Steel New Materials Business and the editor of the Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals (TIIM).