On the order of plates providing the maximum ballistic limit velocity of a layered armor

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 741-755

  Ben Dor, G ^a   Dubinsky, A ^a   Elperin, T ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLATE METAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

BALLISTIC LIMIT VELOCITY; IMPACTOR ARMOR INTERACTION; LAYERED ARMOR; PERFORATION;

BALLISTICS;

EID: 0033341703     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(99)00024-X     Document Type: Article

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