Debris clouds produced by the hypervelocity impact of nonspherical projectiles

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1-10, 2001, Pages 613-624

  Piekutowski, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum projectiles; Aluminum spheres; Bumper shields; Damaged spheres; Disks; Inclined cylinders; Irregular shaped projectiles; Nonspherical projectiles; Projectile inclination; Projectile shape effects; Rear wall damage; Short rods; Witness plate damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342649304     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0734-743X(01)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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