A computational study of the influence of thermal softening on ballistic penetration in metals

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 787-803

  Yadav, S ^a,b   Repetto, E A ^a   Ravichandran, G ^a   Ortiz, M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPACT TESTING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; STRAIN HARDENING; STRAIN RATE;

BALLISTIC PENETRATIONS; THERMAL SOFTENING;

TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

EID: 0035452524     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(01)00008-2     Document Type: Article

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