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Introduction to enhanced protective film systems

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An explosive blast mitigation alternative has increased the safety of structures by using “catcher” systems. These systems “catch” or repel the failure of the window or in-fill wall protecting life and property from ballistic shards or fragments. They can be designed to be standalone in new construction and structural retrofits or used to augment structural hardening techniques. Cables, fabrics, and thin gauge sheet steel are examples of catcher systems used in the past. A new and evolving category of catcher systems are based on polymeric materials that can be used for both wall and window upgrades. These products are a proven blast mitigation concept and K&C Protective Technologies Pte Ltd (KCPT) together with Sherwin-Williams(SW) use KCPT’s blast engineering capacity and SW’s material engineering principles to create engineered systems for even greater in-use performance.

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  1. K&C Protective Technologies(KCPT), Singapore, 159361, Singapore

    Chunlin Liu & Jianyun Sun

  2. Colleague of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Chunlin Liu, Guoqiang Li & Suwen Chen

  3. Sherwin-Williams Company, South Holland, IL, 60473, USA

    David Palermo

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LIU Chunlin: CEO, K&C Protective Technologies Pte Ltd , 19 Jalan Kilang Barat, Acetech Centre, #04-07, Singapore 159361; Vice President, Karagozian & Case, 2550 North Hollywood Way, Suite 500, Burbank, CA 91505-5026; Department of Structure Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092.

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Liu, C., Palermo, D., Li, G. et al. Introduction to enhanced protective film systems. Trans. Tianjin Univ. 14 (Suppl 1), 491–494 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12209-008-0083-x

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