Whipple shield ballistic limit at impact velocities higher than 7 KM/S

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1-10, 2001, Pages 579-590

  Palmieri, D ^a   Faraud, M ^b   Destefanis, R ^b   Marchetti, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ALENIA SPAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ballistic limit; Extrapolation; Hydrocodes; Whipple shield

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344291098     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0734-743x(01)00118-x     Document Type: Article

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