Ballistic impact: Recent advances in analytical modeling of plate penetration dynamics-a review

Applied Mechanics Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 1-6, 2005, Pages 355-370

  Ben Dor, Gabi ^a,b   Dubinsky, Anatoly ^a   Elperin, Tov ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; SOLID MEDIA;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONCRETES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

EID: 31944433670     PISSN: 00036900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2048626     Document Type: Conference Paper

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