Perforation of a thick plate by rigid projectiles

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 743-759

  Chen, X W ^a   Li, Q M ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ballistic limit; Non deformable projectile; Perforation; Shear plugging; Thick plate

Indexed keywords

DUCTILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORATING; PROJECTILES;

SHEAR PLUGGING;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 0037411661     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(02)00152-5     Document Type: Article

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