Impact studies on structural components using a free-flight drop tower

Experimental Techniques

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 52-58

  Bhattacharya, S ^a   Krishnamurthy, K C ^a   Rajendran, R ^a   Prem Sai, K ^a   Basu, S ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

DROP HAMMER; FREE-FLIGHT DROP TOWER; IMPACT RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS;

TOWERS;

EID: 33746029947     PISSN: 07328818     EISSN: 17471567     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-1567.2006.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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