Ballistic perforation of conically cylindrical steel projectile into three-dimensional braided composites

AIAA Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 426-434

  Gu, Bohong ^a,b,c   Li, Yuling ^a,b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Textile Engineering Department   (China)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BALLISTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BALLISTIC PERFORATION; SURFACE BRAIDING ANGLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) BRAIDED COMPOSITES; YARN ARRAY;

STEEL;

EID: 13644257409     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.11729     Document Type: Article

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