P6_3 Bulletproof T-Shirts

Authors

  • Joe Henry Marsden University of Leicester
  • Guy Norman Taylor Levin University of Leicester
  • Jacob Eddison University of Leicester
  • Darshan Vigneswara University of Leicester

Abstract

The world record number of T-shirts worn is 257, in this paper we calculate whether this many
layers is sucient to stop a 9 mm and a 7.62 mm bullet. Our conclusion is that only 168 shirts
are needed to protect against a 9 mm round but you need 316 Shirts to stop a 7.62 mm round
(a typical Ri e bullet). We compare our results to traditional body armour and show that the
T-shirts are at least 10x less eective.

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Published

12/16/2017

How to Cite

Marsden, J. H., Levin, G. N. T., Eddison, J., & Vigneswara, D. (2017). P6_3 Bulletproof T-Shirts. Physics Special Topics, 16(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/2453

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2017)

Section

Articles