Ballistic performance of alumina/S-2 glass-reinforced polymer-matrix composite hybrid lightweight armor against armor piercing (ap) and non-AP projectiles

Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-312

  Grujicic, M ^a   Pandurangan, B ^a   Zecevic, U ^a   Koudela, K L ^b   Cheeseman, B A ^c  

^a South   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Armor piercing projectile; AUTODYN; Ceramic composite hybrid armor; Fragment simulating projectile

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547531805     PISSN: 15736105     EISSN: 15736113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157361107781389562     Document Type: Article

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