Projectile perforation of moving plates: Experimental investigation

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 859-875

  Hou, Xiofan ^a,b   Goldsmith, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracks; Craters; Moving targets; Petaling; Plugging; Projectile impact

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); IMPACT TESTING; POLYCARBONATES; ROTATING DISKS; STEEL; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRAJECTORIES;

ANNULAR DISKS; CRATER LENGTHS; PENETRATION TIMES; PETAL PROPAGATION; PLUGGING;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0030260068     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(96)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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