Penetration and perforation of composite sandwich panels by hemispherical and conical projectiles

Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-194

  Reddy, T Y ^a   Wen, H M ^a   Reid, S R ^a   Soden, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FOAMED PLASTICS; GLASS FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; PLASTIC LAMINATES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PROJECTILES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

PENETRATION TESTS; PERFORATION TESTS;

SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032069531     PISSN: 00949930     EISSN: 15288978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2842239     Document Type: Article

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