Study on terminal effects of dense fragment cluster impact on armor plate. Part I: Analytical model

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 755-767

  Qian, L ^a   Qu, M ^a   Feng, G ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

Additive effect; Analysis; Armor plate; Cumulative effect; Dense fragment cluster; Impact

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; CRACKS; METAL EXTRUSION; PLATE METAL; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ADDITIVE EFFECTS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS; TERMINAL EFFECTS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 10844264524     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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