Shear plugging and perforation of ductile circular plates struck by a blunt projectile

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 513-536

  Chen, X W ^a   Li, Q M ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballistic limit; Blunt projectile; Ductile plate; Perforation; Shear plugging

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; DEFORMATION; DUCTILITY; PLASTICS; PROJECTILES; VELOCITY;

DUCTILE PLATES;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0037403625     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(02)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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