Metallographic observations of armor steel specimens from plates perforated by shaped charge jets

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1 PART II, 1999, Pages 757-770

  Raftenberg, Martin N ^a   Krause, Claire D ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; CRACKS; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; MELTING; MICROHARDNESS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROJECTILES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHAPED CHARGES; SHEAR STRESS; SPALLING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ADIABATIC SHEAR BANDING; ARMOR STEEL; COPPER JET; ROLLED HOMOGENEOUS ARMORS (RHA);

BALLISTICS;

EID: 0033358501     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(99)00120-7     Document Type: Article

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