Ballistic penetration of steel plates

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 855-886

  Borvik T ^a   Langseth, M ^b   Hopperstad, O S ^b   Malo, K A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VISCOPLASTICITY;

COMPRESSED GAS GUNS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE LS-DYNA;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0033349994     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(99)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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