Ballistic performance of confined 99.5%-Al2O3 ceramic tiles

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 703-713

  Anderson Jr , Charles E ^a   Royal Timmons, Suzanne A ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballistic performance; Ceramic tiles; Confinement

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BALLISTICS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; STEEL;

BALLISTIC PERFORMANCE; CERAMIC TILE; CONFINEMENT; DEPTH OF PENETRATION; IMPACT VELOCITY;

TILE;

EID: 0031224607     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(97)00006-7     Document Type: Article

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