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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2013
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Eric Nauman, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Anne Dye Zakrajsek, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Andrew Zakrajsek, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Steven Forrest Son, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Thomas Michael Talavage, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Evan Louis Breedlove, Woodbury, MN (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
A compound for protection of an object from a blast or shock wave. The compound include a matrix material and at least a first and second sets of inclusions in the matrix material that differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions are deformed in response to a blast or shock wave.