Ballistic impact damage of laminated composite penetrated by cylindrical rigid projectile: A finite element simulation

International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 215-222

  Gu, Bohong ^a,b   Zhang, Huapeng ^a  

^a ZHONGYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ballistic impact; FE simulation; Finite element method; Impact damage; Laminated composite

Indexed keywords

EID: 20844455155     PISSN: 15651339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJNSNS.2005.6.3.215     Document Type: Article

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