Fish Scale-Inspired Stab-Resistant Body Armour †
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
HOSDB | Home Office Scientific Development Branch |
KR | Knife resistance |
FPS | Frames per second |
AMBA | Additively manufactured body armour |
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Sharma, S.; Alam, P. Fish Scale-Inspired Stab-Resistant Body Armour. Mater. Proc. 2025, 20, 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2025020006
Sharma S, Alam P. Fish Scale-Inspired Stab-Resistant Body Armour. Materials Proceedings. 2025; 20(1):6. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2025020006
Chicago/Turabian StyleSharma, Sidharath, and Parvez Alam. 2025. "Fish Scale-Inspired Stab-Resistant Body Armour" Materials Proceedings 20, no. 1: 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2025020006
APA StyleSharma, S., & Alam, P. (2025). Fish Scale-Inspired Stab-Resistant Body Armour. Materials Proceedings, 20(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2025020006