Penetration of confined boron carbide targets by tungsten long rods at impact velocities from 1.5 to 5.0 km/s

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-29

  Orphal, D L ^a   Franzen, R R ^b   Charters, A C ^c   Menna, T L ^c   Piekutowski, A J ^d  

^a International Research Associates   (United States)

^b Tracer Aerospace   (United States)

^c NexGen Research Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Armor; Boron carbide; Hypervelocity; Impact; Long rods; Mass efficiency; Penetration; Tate model

Indexed keywords

BORON CARBIDE; IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; X RAYS;

HYPERVELOCITY; IMPACT VELOCITIES; MASS EFFICIENCY; PENETRATION DEPTH; TATE MODEL; TUNGSTEN RODS;

ARMOR;

EID: 0030779432     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(96)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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