Dynamic fracture of ceramics in armor applications

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1005-1018

  Chen, Weinong W ^a   Rajendran, A M ^b   Song, Bo ^a   Nie, Xu ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOADING RATES; SPLIT HOPKINSON BARS; VEHICLE PROTECTION;

ARMOR; EXPLOSIVES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; KINETIC ENERGY; LOADS (FORCES);

CERAMIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 34247131783     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01515.x     Document Type: Article

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