Rice University Develops 3D Printed Polymer Tubulanes That Can Stop Bullets

[livingston]

Rice University has published an article telling about 3D printed ultrahard polymers that the University’s Brown School of Engineering researchers are experimenting with. The sophisticated construction of these cubes is based on tubulanes, “theoretical structures of crosslinked carbon nanotubes predicted to have extraordinary strength“. They claim that this structure is as hard as diamond and can stop bullets better than solid materials.
the Rice University article tells that their velocity was 5.8 kilometers per second which is equal to whopping 19,000 fps. The tubulane cubes proved to have about 10 times better projectile stopping characteristics than the solid blocks made of the same material

Rice University Develops 3D Printed Polymer Tubulanes That Can Stop Bullets -

Rice University has published an article telling about 3D printed ultrahard polymers that the University’s researchers are experimenting with. The sophisticated construction of these cubes is based on tubulanes, "theoretical structures of crosslinked carbon nanotubes predicted to have...

www.thefirearmblog.com

 

[livingston]

 

[livingston]

Theoretical tubulanes inspire ultrahard polymers

Rice engineers print 3D blocks based on theoretical tubulanes and find they’re nearly as hard as diamond.

news.rice.edu

 

[Robin]

So many wondrous things being invented and or developed!!!! I wish someone would develop a substance that would identify those that would take us to a new dark age and move them all to some isolated locale.
Robin

 

[meketrefe]

So many wondrous things being invented and or developed!!!! I wish someone would develop a substance that would identify those that would take us to a new dark age and move them all to some isolated locale.
Robin

It is already invented. It is the DNC registry.

 

[Carlos Hathcock]

Looks like they've already started making a wearable product to compete with kevlar....

 

[FrankenCub]

I'd like to see the test done with an actual rifle, not a hydraulic press with a large footprint. Could be pretty cool if you could get the same base material and STL files