A shock factor based approach for the damage assessment of plane plates subjected to underwater explosion

Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 417-425

  Rajendran, R ^a,c   Narasimhan, K ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dynamic yield stress; Effective shock factor; Elastic response; Kick off velocity; Shock factor; Static yield stress; Underwater shock

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELASTICITY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHOCK WAVES; UNDERWATER EXPLOSIONS; YIELD STRESS;

DYNAMIC YIELD STRESS; EFFECTIVE SHOCK FACTOR; ELASTIC RESPONSE; KICK-OFF VELOCITY; SHOCK FACTOR; STATIC YIELD STRESS; UNDERWATER SHOCK;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747890107     PISSN: 03093247     EISSN: 03093247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/03093247JSA120     Document Type: Article

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