The penetration of steel targets finite in radial extent

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-62

  Littlefield, David L ^a   Anderson Jr , Charles E ^a   Partom, Yehuda ^c   Bless, Stephan J ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c RAFAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cavity expansion; Confinement; Penetration efficiency; Target resistance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPACT TESTING; STEEL; VISCOUS FLOW;

CAVITY EXPANSION; PENETRATION CONFINEMENT; PENETRATION DEPTH; PENETRATION EFFICIENCY; TARGET RESISTANCE;

ARMOR;

EID: 0030834877     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(96)00001-2     Document Type: Article

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