Ballistic Performance of Angle-interlock Woven Fabrics in Comparison to Other Woven Structures

This paper focuses on the ballistic performance of angle-interlock woven fabrics and the result shows that this kind of fabric has relatively lower capabilities to absorb impact energy when compared with fabrics of other structures. This is because the angle-interlock woven fabric has less interlacements, which is determined by its unique structure consisting of layers of weft yarns laid straight and bound by a single layer of warp yarns. The interlacement can help transfer the energy to the adjacent yarns through propagating the stress wave, and therefore the projectile impact energy can be absorbed. Less interlacements in the angle-interlock woven fabric limitedly assist in this impact energy absorption.