Holes produced in thin aluminum sheets by the hypervelocity impact of aluminum spheres

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 1 PART II, 1999, Pages 711-722

  Piekutowski, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SHEET; IMPACT TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; PROJECTILES; SPHERES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

HYPERVELOCITY IMPACT;

BALLISTICS;

EID: 0033361744     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(99)00116-5     Document Type: Article

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