Verification and validation for a penetration model using a deterministic and probabilistic design tool

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1-12, 2006, Pages 681-690

  Riha, D S ^a   Thacker, B H ^a   Pleming, J B ^a   Walker, J D ^a   Mullin, S A ^a   Weiss, C E ^a   Rodriguez, E A ^b   Leslie, P O ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Penetration; Uncertainty quantification; Verification and validation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BERYLLIUM; BORON COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILISTIC LOGICS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; PENETRATION; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION; VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 33845217663     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2006.09.048     Document Type: Article

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