Propagation of hypervelocity impact fragment clouds in pressure gas

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 6-10, 1997, Pages 697-710

  Schafer F ^a   Schneider, E ^a   Lambert, M ^b   Mayseless, M ^c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c RAFAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GASES; MECHANICS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PRESSURE; PUNCHING;

HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT;

BALLISTICS;

EID: 0031331937     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(97)87456-8     Document Type: Article

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