Ballistic strength of opaque and transparent armor

American Ceramic Society Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 9201-9207

  Krell, Andreas ^a   Strassburger, Elmar ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR CERAMIC TECHNOLOGIES AND SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR HIGH SPEED DYNAMICS   (Germany)

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