The behaviour of laminated composite plates as armour

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-287

  Wang, B ^a   Chou, S M ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Composite; Energy absorption; Fibreglass; Impact; Penetration

Indexed keywords

BALLISTIC IMPACT TESTING;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; IMPACT TESTING; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0031210673     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-0136(96)00032-5     Document Type: Article

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