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These armor types can lessen the need for a energy-draining Navigational deflectors; although one is still used, it is considerably less draining. The precise layering method, number of layers and thickness of each depends on the starship anf its mission. Telmerc: a woven metalloceramic fabric. Its alumina-durania-silica fibers shock incoming projectiles and turn them into smaller, less damaging projectiles, which are of a wider distribution and slower speed. Average size of shockage is one micron. Aluminum\Carbotanium Mesh can be used on top of the shield. It helps initially shock and break up the incoming projectiles and deflects beam impact. Fibrous monoliths are novel materials, so it is necessary to identify the micromechanical properties that influence the engineering properties. These include the fracture resistance of cells, the interfacial fracture resistance, and the interfacial sliding resistance. Particular emphasis is placed on developing a methodology to predict the elastic properties, strength, and energy absorption capability of these materials as a function architecture. In some respects, fibrous monoliths are similar to ceramic-matrix fiber-reinforced composites. For example, we find that the elastic properties of fibrous monoliths can be predicted with existing theories used for predicting the elastic behavior of traditional fiber-reinforced laminates. But the fracture behavior of fibrous monoliths is quite different since these materials contain neither strong fibers nor a weak matrix. The failure mechanisms and associated dissipative mechanisms which are important in fiber-reinforced composites do not occur in fibrous monoliths, so those theories are not applicable. Instead, the fracture process that occurs in fibrous monoliths can be described by existing theories for the fracture of two-dimensional layered materials after modification to account for the unique structure of fibrous monoliths. The unique structure, under electron-microscopy, appears as a normal material with thousands of spiderweb-looking fibers permeating the whole structure. Nanocrystalline Vanadium\Cobalt duranium- A highly puncture-resistent material; in tests a castrodinium press rammed into a sample at 3.2 megabars only produced a dent of 4cm. Is perfect for high-velocity dust shield formation. |
