Improving Ballistic Performance of Polyurethane Foam by Nanoparticle Reinforcement

Table 1

Various materials used for making sandwich with nanophased foam.

Components	Materials	Vendors
Face sheet	Fiber: plane weave S2-glass	Owens Corning [22]
	3 layers/facesheet
	Matrix: SC-15 Epoxy	Applied Poleramic Inc [23]
Foam materials	Diphenylmethane diisocyanate (part-A)	Utah Foam Products [24]
	Polyol (part B)
	Density: 240kg/m^3
Nanoparticles	3-wt%TiO2	Nanophase Technologies Co. [25]
	Dia: 29-nm, Spherical shape