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    Kevlar is an aromatic polyamide material formed from combining two chemicals. It is spun into strong, flexible fibers that are woven into fabric. Kevlar is lightweight yet durable, making it useful for applications like bulletproof vests, ropes, tires, and aircraft components. It is expensive to produce but offers advantages over other materials like high strength, flexibility, and heat resistance.

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    Kevlar is an aromatic polyamide material formed from combining two chemicals. It is spun into strong, flexible fibers that are woven into fabric. Kevlar is lightweight yet durable, making it useful for applications like bulletproof vests, ropes, tires, and aircraft components. It is expensive to produce but offers advantages over other materials like high strength, flexibility, and heat resistance.

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    Kevlar is an aromatic polyamide material formed from combining two chemicals. It is spun into strong, flexible fibers that are woven into fabric. Kevlar is lightweight yet durable, making it useful for applications like bulletproof vests, ropes, tires, and aircraft components. It is expensive to produce but offers advantages over other materials like high strength, flexibility, and heat resistance.

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    KEVLAR

    INTRODUCTION
    Kevlar is a material formed by combining paraphenylenediamine and terephthaloyl chloride. Aromatic polyamide (aramid) threads are the result.

    They are further refined, by dissolving the threads and spinning them into regular fibres.

    When woven, Kevlar forms a strong and flexible material. Kevlar is expensive due to the demands of the manufacturing process and the need for specialist equipment.

    Chemical composition

    TYPES
    Kevlar AP K29 K49 K100 K119 K129 KM2 KM2 PLUS

    ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES


    Kevlar is relative low weight and high strength. Kevlar is often combined with other materials, to produce textiles with enhanced properties, such as fire resistant clothing for the Fire Services. It retains its flexibility The material cannot be pieced by other car components, even during a high speed impact
    Kevlar textiles tend to absorb moisture. It must be combined with moisture resistant materials. Kevlar reacts well under a tensile force (stretching force) but badly under a compressive force. Kevlar reacts badly to UV light (sunlight) unless it is protected . Kevlar suffers some corrosion if exposed to chlorine. It is difficult to cut and shape, unless through the use of special tools and equipment.

    APPLICATIONS
    Ropes and cables Auto hoses and belts Composite materials Mooring lines Tires Fiber optic cables Climbing ropes Escape ropes for firefighters Umbilical hoses on offshore oil and gas refineries Sporting goods, such as tennis rackets, lacrosse sticks and canoes

    AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS

    Aircraft cabin flooring and interiors


    Aircraft cabin floors, overhead bins, and bulkheads built with Kevlar honeycomb cores have helped in weight savings for aircraft manufacturers. In addition to the lighter weight, honeycomb has very low electrical conductivity and high fire resistance, which helps contribute to addressing the safety standards the industry demands. The superior thermal and sound insulation also contribute to passenger comfort.

    Landing gear doors


    Kevlar honeycombs help designers produce landing gear doors that are strong and light to allow for delivering more efficient aircraft

    Wing boxes and control surfaces


    The light weight, lack of galvanic corrosion, and overall strength that or Kevlar honeycombs help provide for wing-to-body fairings and control surfaces make it superior to the heavier, weaker, and corrosion-susceptible aluminum core that has been used in the past.

    Filament-wound pressure bottles


    Bottles containing pressurized oxygen (or other gases) on airplanes use molded casings made of Kevlar filament to help reduce the overall weight of the aircraft. An ordinary alloy-encased bottle can suffer catastrophic failure, releasing metal fragments into the aircraft at high velocity, whereas a bottle using a casing made of Kevlar may help risk ductile failure rupturing, rather than disintegrating which does not result in fragmentation.

    Engine nacelles
    The nacelles that surround jet engines must contend with thrust, lift, and vibration forces. Manufacturers choose to use or Kevlar honeycomb core structures in engine nacelles because it is far stronger and lighter than earlier designs with an aluminum core.

    Engine containment rings


    Many jet engine manufacturers add a protective layer of Kevlar fabric inside the engine cowl to help catch errant fan blades or massive broken parts flung outward by the engines centrifugal force, thus potentially preventing them from damaging the wing or the cabin.

    Aircraft tires
    Landing and takeoff cycles, friction, and rapid changes in temperature push aircraft tires to their stress limits. Tires reinforced with Kevlar brand aramid fiber help provide enhanced toughness and thermal stability.

    Rotor blades
    The alloy cores that historically predominated helicopter rotor blade designs are giving way to composites, of which honeycomb core made of Kevlar is proving to be a material of choice. Modern helicopters are redefining efficiency and performance with lighter, stiffer rotor blades made of Kevlar.

    Spacecraft
    Kevlar fiber has proven that it is strong enough to survive the extreme forces and temperature fluctuations of space travel. When the Mars Pathfinder landed on the surface of Mars, Kevlar fiber reinforced the inflatable landing cushions and the ropes that secured them helping the Pathfinder to complete its 40-million-mile journey fully intact and ready to explore the planets surface. Kevlar is used in communications satellites, and also in the space shuttle, to help protect against impact from orbital debris.

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