Perforation of aluminum plates with ogive-nose steel rods at normal and oblique impacts

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 7-8, 1996, Pages 877-887

  Piekutowski, A J ^a   Forrestal, M J ^b   Poormon, K L ^a   Warren, T L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminium plates; Normal and oblique impacts; Ogive nose steel rods; Perforation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STEEL;

ALUMINUM PLATES; BALLISTIC LIMITS; OGIVE NOSE STEEL RODS; PLATE PERFORATION; RESIDUAL VELOCITIES;

IMPACT TESTING;

EID: 0030263804     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(96)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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