The Penetration of Asymmetric Long-rod Projectiles at 2.6 km/s

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 625-643

  Littlefield, David L ^a   Anderson Jr , Charles E ^a   Bless, Stephan J ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLIDS; STRAIN RATE; YIELD STRESS;

GRUNEISEN COEFFICIENT; POISSON'S RATIO;

PROJECTILES;

EID: 0032154528     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(98)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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