Optimum design of two-component composite armours against high-speed impact

Composite Structures

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 253-262

  Fawaz, Zouheir ^a   Behdinan, Kamran ^a   Xu, Yigui ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolutionary technique; High speed impact; Optimum design; Two component composite armours

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; DESIGN; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION;

FLORENCE'S MODEL; HIGH-SPEED IMPACT; OPTIMUM DESIGN; TWO-COMPONENT COMPOSITE ARMOURS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

BODY ARMOR; COMPOSITE; DESIGN; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 33644596796     PISSN: 02638223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruct.2005.01.037     Document Type: Article

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