Rapid product design of improved ballistic articles

1. A method for a rapid design of improved ballistic articles comprising, in combination:

identifying new armor products or existing armor products to be improved upon;

creating a 3D engineering model utilizing ballistics failure analyses with a CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) program utilizing an anti-ballistic material comprising:

interlineated layers of modified polyethylene materials; and

layers of carbon nanotubes between adjacent modified polyethylene materials layers, wherein each said interlineated layer of modified polyethylene material is formed having a molecularly oriented layer of material;

iteratively testing said 3D engineering model until a suggested design is achieved to meet a selected specification;

creating a physical prototype of said suggested design; and

destructively testing said physical prototype to confirm if the selected specification is achieved;

wherein the CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) program is utilized with the 3D engineering model imported into a stand-alone simulation application for said iterative testing of the 3D engineering model to modify material properties selected from a group comprising: material density; Poisson's ratio; and modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus).

2. A method for the rapid design of improved ballistic articles comprising, in combination:

identifying new armor products or existing armor products to be improved upon;

creating a 3D engineering model utilizing ballistics failure analyses with a CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) program utilizing an anti-ballistic material comprising:

interlineated layers of modified polyethylene materials; and

layers of carbon nanotubes between adjacent modified polyethylene materials layers, wherein each said interlineated layer of modified polyethylene material is formed having a molecularly oriented layer of material;

iteratively testing said 3D engineering model until a suggested design is achieved to meet a selected specification;

creating a physical prototype of said suggested design; and

destructively testing said physical prototype to confirm if are the selected specification is achieved;

wherein a cycle time for completing said combination is less than 30 calendar days;

wherein prior art specimens are utilized as a starting point for design development, dimensions and features emulated as closely as possible; and

wherein the commercial CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) program is utilized with the 3D engineering model imported into a stand-alone simulation application for said iterative testing of the 3D engineering model to modify material properties selected from a group comprising: material density; Poisson's ratio; and modulus of elasticity (Young's modulus).