Fig. 10 illustrates the ceramic fragments captured by aramid fibers (KevlarTM) (Fig. 10a), bagasse fibers (Fig. 10b), and the epoxy matrix
(Fig. 10c) in the composite. The surface dispersion of fragments in the materials reveals a comparable efficiency in absorbing
the shock wave energy by the proposed mechanism of mechanical incrustation, surface forces and static charges due to fiberceramic
interaction [39].
As shown in Tables 2 and 3, in practice, both KevlarTM and bagasse fiber composites are associated with similar capacity to
absorb the 7.62 mm bullet impact energy. On the other hand, the non-aligned and non-uniform natural characteristics of the
fiber in the raw bagasse composite are probably responsible for its inferior ballistic performance.