Penetration mechanics of seg-tel penetrators

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1-5, 1997, Pages 13-26

  Anderson Jr , C E ^a   Subramanian, R ^b   Walker, J D ^a   Normandia, M J ^b   Sharron, T R ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICS; PERFORMANCE; PROJECTILES; TELESCOPES; VELOCITY;

PENETRATION MECHANICS; SEGMENTED TELESCOPIC PENETRATORS;

METEOR IMPACTS;

EID: 0031359994     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(97)87477-5     Document Type: Article

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