Experimental study of ballistic resistance of Kevlar laminates

Gongcheng Lixue/Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 76-81

  Wang, Yuan Bo ^a   Wang, Xiao Jun ^a   Hu, Xiu Zhang ^a   Wang, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Ballistic limit; Ballistic resistance; Composite; Explosion mechanics; Failure mode

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMPACT TESTING; NOSE CONES; PROJECTILES;

BALLISTIC LIMIT; BALLISTIC RESISTANCE; EXPLOSION MECHANICS; FAILURE MODE;

LAMINATES;

EID: 21544457236     PISSN: 10004750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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