news.cnet.com - 11/29/2008
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Wausau, WI company have come up with a 37 inch, bullet and a bomb proof Humvee tire based on a polymeric web so cool looking there's no need for hub caps.
Resilient Technologies , LLC, and Wisconsin-Madison's Polymer Engineering Center are ...
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Honeycomb tire design solves roadside hazard problems for G.I. Joe
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Several of the many upgrades that Humvees are getting in Iraq to protect against ambush include thicker armor plating and new honeycomb tires which are bullet proof and will keep the humvee rolling when it’s been ambushed in a firefight or even an I.E.D. What’s the secret? It doesn’t use air.
The Honeycombs are based on a polymeric web which will not only take bullet fire, but also explosions from an improvised explosive device and still let our boys in cammy get away at over 50 miles an hour. Most injuries and deaths occur, not because of the initial IED blast – armor can take most of that blunt force trauma – but because the tires have ...
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Airless Humvee Tire Will Save Lives
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