Projectile shape effects on shielding performance at 7 km/s and 11 km/s

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1-5, 1997, Pages 165-172

  Christiansen, Eric L ^a   Kerr, Justin H ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CERAMIC FIBERS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; IMPACT TESTING; LAUNCHING; METEOR IMPACTS; PERFORMANCE; PROJECTILES; SPACE DEBRIS; SPACECRAFT; VELOCITY;

HYDROCODE ANALYSIS; HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT TEST FACILITY; LIGHT GAS GUN TESTING; PROJECTILE SHAPE EFFECTS;

SHIELDING;

EID: 0031383111     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(97)87490-8     Document Type: Article

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