Advanced modeling strategies for the analysis of tile-reinforced composite armor

Applied Composite Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-68

  Davila C G ^a   Chen, Tzi Kang ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MILITARY VEHICLES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TILE;

COMPOSITE ARMOR; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; ELEMENT LAYERING; SUPERELEMENTS; TILE REINFORCED SANDWICH STRUCTURE;

ARMOR;

EID: 0242555638     PISSN: 0929189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008923521077     Document Type: Article

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