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Design Engineering of High-Energy Absorbent Aircrew Helmet Using 3D Woven Structural Composite

Omender Singh, Shivangi Shukla, Jaya Sharma, B. K. Behera

Applied Composite Materials· Volume 32· Issue 1
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