Behind-armor debris from the impact of hypervelocity tungsten penetrators

International Journal of Impact Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 1-12, 2006, Pages 605-614

  Pedersen, B ^a   Bless, S ^a  

^a Institute for Advanced Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Behind armor debris; Fragmentation; Penetrator; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TUNGSTEN;

BEHIND ARMOR DEBRIS; FRAGMENTATION;

IMPACT TESTING;

EID: 33845222522     PISSN: 0734743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeng.2006.09.007     Document Type: Article

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