b'7 MATERIALS SCIENCEAND MANUFACTURINGSurvivability engineers and materials scientists at INL design, validate, and manufacture unique armor prototypes that increase protection levels while reducing weight and production costs. Over the last 25 years, many of the labs survivability designs have been used around the world to safeguard people, vehicles, and facilities.ManufacturingINLs manufacturing capability has been the lead manufacturer of armor packages for the Department of Defense for over 40 years. INL experts can provide independent technical evaluations and solutions to manufacturing, engineering, and material science for a variety of programs and customers. INL material scientists and engineers design and validate multiple forms of survivability solutions, which offer:Lightweight, bullet- Hardened criticalExpertise workingNovel material-bonding trapping armor for lawfacilities to defendwith ceramic, metallic,techniques and enforcement watercraft against explosivelyand compositeencapsulation methods Ballistic-resistantformed projectiles andmaterials to createfor licensed and protection shaped-charge threats custom survivabilitypatented armor designs.applicationsMechanical Testing INL engineers can execute creep testing, quasistatic compression, and tension experiments using servo-hydraulic load frames; dynamic compression, tension, and torsion testing using a split-Hopkinson pressure bar; and dynamic hardness testing. A multi barrel, single-stage gas launcher can be used to execute standard Taylor cylinder impact testing or moderate velocity impact work. Engineers can also deploy a digital-image correlation system in many of these testing schemes.Prototypes can then be tested against explosive charges and other dynamic threats at the NSTRs several secure test sites. These tests allow for rapid prototyping with limited-run production and testing of system response.Field ExperimentsThese systems provide:Validation testing of candidate designs can be performedBallistic testing supported by a 30-mm smooth-against explosive and ballistic threats ranging frombore powder gun and a single-stage gas gun with simple blast-loading and live-fired rocket-propelled3.5-in. and 5.25-in. ID smooth-bore barrelsgrenades to static-fired shaped charged jets and explosively formed projectiles, fragment simulatingAdditional ballistic testing using a Wiseman universal projectiles, and standard armor-piercing projectiles. breech with 9-mm, .357, 30 Cal, and 50-Cal barrels, as well as a Sydor breech with 20-mm and 30-mm barrels15 Capabilities Catalog'